Some advice please!
My DS has started Year 7 in Sep. We are in London and he has a 40 minute journey to school involving 2 buses and a short 5 min walk in between.
He seems fine doing this by himself and is getting used to the route and alternative routes if needed etc. Seemed fine to me and I assumed that’s what most Y7s did.
But I have had numerous people telling me I need to pick him up myself especially if he’s doing after school clubs as it’s dark then and too dangerous for him to come home alone. They all apparently do this and never let their secondary school children come home alone after dark!
However DS2 is at primary school and also sometimes does after school clubs. He’s too young to come home alone so I would need to cancel his clubs and bring him with me in order to pick up DS1. Do you agree this would be necessary?
For info it’s a busy route home through zones 2 and 3 and he doesn’t go near any ‘dodgy’ areas or anything. And DH is at work so can’t help.
I would need to pay someone to pick one of them up as obvs can’t be in 2 places at once and honestly I didn’t think it would be necessary. Please tell me I’m right! Or if not, how you manage a similar situation.
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Kitty2018 · 09/10/2019 19:04
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