To make the kids walk 3miles to school?

It's one month, it won't do them any harm, they might decide they enjoy it and do it for the rest of the year. Sounds like a perfect start to the day for me!

6 miles a day on top of the school day? Would you be happy to walk 3 miles to work, so your job and walk three miles home? I think not..

Get off your patootie and be a mum.

When do they start back op?

I always walk if under an hour (around 6km but it does depend on hills), if further that that I look at bus routes or cycle. My last job was 15km each way and I cycled that as taking buses would have meant being incredibly early.
I see plenty of people walking or cycling in work clothes between villages so I can assume their journeys are similar lengths.

I'll add these expected walking distances of small children to my MN list of age related contradictions 😅

It's exactly 3 miles to my nearest train station, with a single hill that sounds similar to yours that's particularly steep. I'm slim and pretty fit, I still leave an hour in the hope it's 45 mins. Obviously it's too much to ask for the buses to coordinate roughly with the actual train schedule, so it's as long to walk as it is to get a bus, just miss the train, and then wait for the next one.

It's a hell of a lot to expect of kids before/after a day at school. Driving will take as long but at least you're just sat there. It's bloody tiring, especially for a whole month.

I grew up in the sticks, I was the first/last bus stop on the route. I had to leave the house at 7am for school and didn't get back til nearly 6pm (1 mile walk to bus stop). I get it. I managed all through senior school. But to throw your kids under the bus (pardon the pun) for your own convenience is really off imo.

Do they have bikes? Do you have a bike rack for the car?
If the hill is only a problem on the way home, also they will be more tired at the end of the day, Then they ride their bikes to school and you pick them and their bikes up for the way home.

And I reckon he’s going to come back showing MUCH less than 90 mins

But can't you drop them off (not park) your side of the roadworks... Is it still open to pedestrians? If so, they can just walk through, then you have the car?

12 and 13?! I'd not even be questioning their ability to walk it.

I thought we were talking about tiny ones. My DS was doing a mile to and from nursery from 2.5yo.

Can believe some would prefer 3hrs of car use over kids walking for 45mins

Did you not have a job? I'm not being goady but 3 hours walking just to get to and from nursery seems bonkers.

They sometimes walk, bike or scooter. Dog walks take about 45mins-hour, school run about half an hour

I actually can't even see how on a school day there is even time for this. So walk two miles to school. Then walk two miles home. Then fit in two 3 mile dog walks...are you all up at the crack of dawn?

From the age of 11 my walk to school was nearly 3 miles each way. My parents didn't drive and there were no buses. Cycling was more of a hassle as OP describes. I managed it for 5 years in all weathers, fortunately I'm not made of salt so I survived the rain. No one was carrying additional snacks or a water bottle as if 3 miles was a test of endurance for a healthy teenager.

5 days a week?

and they’d walk back in Jan after a day at nursery?

1.5 hours each way. I couldn't drive then so no other option - no buses.

@Natsku and your 3 year old walked or biked back after a day at nursery?

this was in all weather?

what time did you get to nursery of it took 90 mins

Of course they can walk. They are not lumps of sugar

Get their them appropriate outdoor clothing and away they go

If they don't want to walk cycle

My mine have been cycling the same distance since they are 9

He'll sometimes walk/run, sometimes scooter, sometimes bike. We're an active family, go hiking most weekends etc have done since they were all wee 🤷🏼‍♀️

They shouldn't close main roads they should use traffic lights.

Op where are the buses? We are rural isn't but plenty of buses available

I cycled or walked to school cause it was close. I have never own a car so I still cycle. I hate walking so won't do that. I'm very much pro daily physical activity and I agree we are very reliant on cars. However, I also think there is a massive difference with an adult deciding to run to work and a 12yo walking to school.

I'm assuming these kids have a backpack with textbooks and laptops, they are wearing a uniform, along with thw uniform there are some ridiculous rules regarding shoes and jackets and leggings etc. And no space to get changed. Where as I'm assuming an adult is not running in pencil skirt and blazer.

I'm just trying to imagine my day as a 12yo Where I walk an hour to school, having school day, walk an hour back, cycle 15min to 2h of football training and cycle back, do homework. And do this every day.

Making kids walk 3 miles is not abusive or any other shit like that. But let's not pretend an 1h walk one way is nothing.

Walking or biking once they could bike. Took ages walking, about 1.5 hours at their pace but biking was about 20-30 minutes.

I disagree...I don't think many adults walk three miles to work a day. They may well have a commute of that distance or more but they will be driving or using public transport in the main I think.

Yeah of course your 6 year old walks ten miles a day 5 days a week 😁