I posted about this problem before.
Group of 5 10/11 yr olds, 4 of them allowed a reasonable amount of freedom, one not. The mum of the one turns up to the park or whatever to supervise rather than keep her ds at home even when the other parents are happy for the kids to be out unsupervised.
4 kids are allowed to walk to school unsupervised, hers is not. Takes less than 10 minutes, 1 road to cross with green man. As often as not they all end up walking together because they are going at the same time in the same direction. I have never asked her to take any responsibility for my ds on the walk to school.
Yesterday ds fell against a wall and scraped his arm. He jumped out of the way of a kid on a scooter and scraped his arm on the wall. Just a graze, nothing major. But the mum took charge, took him to school, went to the office, got a wipe and cleaned him up. That was kind of her, I appreciate it. But she didn't need to. He could have got himself to the office. I asked him later what he would have done if she hadn't been there and he said he would have gone to the toilet and run it under the tap. Fair enough. I texted last night and thanked her for looking after him.
This morning she sent me a text saying she no longer wants to take any responsibility for any other kids. It is my responsibility to accompany him to school and if I am not willing to do that can I please ask him not to join her and her son on the walk to school.
Seriously? We only have one route to school and they all have to get there at the same time. What do I say? Polite suggestions please. The only answer I can think of right now is not polite.
I want to just reply "ok, I'll tell ds not to talk to your ds in the morning again". I don't know what else to say. Except to just ignore her....