[LMB] OT: Walking to school

[Tzivia Adler]

>From: "Laura Gallagher" <celticdragonfly at gmail.com>
>
>I ran into this.  As a kid, I walked about 6-8 blocks to preschool.
>With other kids.  I tried to get my son walking alone the two blocks
>to kindergarten - and everyone thought I was nuts.  Admittedly, he's
>autistic, but still.  My husband objected primarily because of all the
>parents speeding to drop off their kids to school from their SUVs - he
>said they hardly noticed HIM crossing the street, let alone the
>5-year-old.
>
*waves*
i walked my kids to school for three years, they were ages six to one - who 
made the round trip back home with me :)

now the six year old is nine and walks himeself and the next youngest, and i 
take the toddler later.

walking gave us 20 more minutes of wake-up, find-the-shoes, eat breakfast 
than taking the school bus, which they did for two months in winter.

the problem with letting short kids walk to school alone is that the parents 
dropping their kids off -don't seem to notice- other kids crossing the 
school's corner.  huh?  do they think they have the only kids in this 
school?  *grumble*
so i want my kids to walk an extra block, cross at a traffic-light, and back 
track.  since i'm not there, :(  they likely take the more dangerous, closer 
corner.
(but they haven't been hit yet!  how dangerous could it be, mom?)

ziviya, who gave up membership at the gym and started walking the mile+ 
round trip, twice a day




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