to let 5 year old walk the rest of the way himself

[BeautifulBlondePineapple]

DS1 is 5 and in Primary 1. Today I walked him to school as usual and he asked if I would leave him at the bottom of the hill & he could go the rest of the way himself.

It's a fairly small hill (100m to playground), but it's on a corner so I couldn't actually see him going into the playground. It's mostly car free as it's a dead end at the bottom, but there are occasional cars.

He's a very sensible and rule-abiding child so I'm sure that he would go straight into the playground (which would have a member of staff in it) and wouldn't mess about or talk to strangers. I'm happy about my decision to let him walk the rest of the way himself, but would any of you think that I was being unreasonable by doing this?

He is too young.......the fact that you cant see him would worry me!!

I would not think much about it, there are some children who seem to do the same thing at our school.
But in terms of keeping contact with his teacher(s), or if someone starts picking on him, that kind of thing, it would be better if you saw him all the way to & from the door.

yeah, I think I would let ds2 do that, and I certainly would have let ds1.

When I was 5 my parents would put me on the school bus in the morning and send me on a 40 minute journey to another town. At the other end I had to walk from the bus stop to my school crossing two roads. Granted I was walking in a pack of kids with a loose agreement from some of the older ones (10/11) to keep any eye on the littlies. It seems a bizarre set up now but nobody gave a toss about these things in the 70's. I do wonder if we are over cautious these days.

OP, if it was my son I wouldn't do it because he is a complete dolly daydream, he has no street smarts and still believes he has super powers which make him invincible. However, if you feel strongly that your son is sensible and focused enough to do it and you have all your bases covered, why not.