...in fact I started walking at 5 years. (and we lived a mile from the school and when I was 5 I had to go across a wooded area to get to the road home) Probably underlines how things have changed.
I know the school the Op talks about is just around the corner and there is a lollipop lady but I would still feel a 7 year old was too young to walk alone to school
My child is only six and i dont think ill leave him walk it until he is 11 and only if there is a group of them.
Is that not over cautious and smothering development not to mind embarrassing the life out of him, if I had to wait till I was 11 to walk to school and only with a group I think I would have gone mad. Molly coddling kids isn't doing them any favours.
how far are you from the school itself? the whole issue of parents driving their children to schools very nearby just increases the traffic jams in this country leading to longer rush-hours and is helping to lead to severe childhood obesity levels, whatever about walking your kids to school driving kids to schools around the corner just doesn't make sense.Nobody in our park lets their kids walk to school and im on about 9 - 12 year olds. All the kids are dropped to school and when im dropping my kids to school in the morning ive only ever seen one group of children from our whole estate (2000) houses walking to school.
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Walking to School
Children under 7 should not cross roads on their own. They can not decide how fast a car is or how far away it is. They should be taken to school by a responsible adult.
So, they seem to imply under sevens should be walked and over 7 should be capable of doing it on their own.
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