irvinehusky
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Since we're all in the "send the kids back to school" mode (We're in an year round so we already started end of July) I have this question. I don't know exactly how old your kids have to be before they're allowed to walk to school alone by the school. I thought it was around third grade?
How old would your kids have to be before you feel comfortable sending them off to school by themselves or with friends, assuming you live reasonably near the school?
I would definitely not allow my kids to walk alone when they're third graders. Maybe middle school but then I'll start worrying about other things. I don't walk my kids to school that much but last time I did I noticed the gardners eyeing the middle school girls so things like that worry me as I have two girls.
It's strange because during the last few summers, my kids have gone to Japan to visit their grandparents. During that time, we enrolled them in a Japanese preschool/elementary school to get the experience. Even when they were going to this Japanese elementary school, after the first day, they had to walk to and from school probably at least a mile by themselves (actually with other schoolmates). And, Japanese streets tend to be very narrow and hilly in this area, meaning it's very dangerous because it's hard to see the cars. We let them do that there but we wouldn't dare do that here, even in Irvine. Also, their Japanese friends would come by and ask to go play and it's normal to let little kids go to the park, nearby stores, etc. by themselves. So, we let them do that too.
But not here. Not for a long time.
How do you feel about it?
How old would your kids have to be before you feel comfortable sending them off to school by themselves or with friends, assuming you live reasonably near the school?
I would definitely not allow my kids to walk alone when they're third graders. Maybe middle school but then I'll start worrying about other things. I don't walk my kids to school that much but last time I did I noticed the gardners eyeing the middle school girls so things like that worry me as I have two girls.
It's strange because during the last few summers, my kids have gone to Japan to visit their grandparents. During that time, we enrolled them in a Japanese preschool/elementary school to get the experience. Even when they were going to this Japanese elementary school, after the first day, they had to walk to and from school probably at least a mile by themselves (actually with other schoolmates). And, Japanese streets tend to be very narrow and hilly in this area, meaning it's very dangerous because it's hard to see the cars. We let them do that there but we wouldn't dare do that here, even in Irvine. Also, their Japanese friends would come by and ask to go play and it's normal to let little kids go to the park, nearby stores, etc. by themselves. So, we let them do that too.
But not here. Not for a long time.
How do you feel about it?
