> The author is surprised that so few other parents took up his pick-up/drop-off offer. I would not have taken such an offer from most of the other parents I kn

> The author is surprised that so few other parents took up his pick-up/drop-off offer. I would not have taken such an offer from most of the other parents I know, because I don’t trust anybody I don’t know very well (including other parents) to watch my kids the central issue is that kids need to be "watched" :( we have lost the whole idea of just letting them go somewhere and interact without adult supervision or presence.