DS is 6. Most evenings DS school friend will walk 3x streets and 2 main roads to our house to knock and ask to play with DS. Most evenings I don't mind him coming in and playing with DS (although I'd much rather it be pre-planned), however, I am beginning to feel uncomfortable with the whole situation because the dark nights are now drawing in much earlier. He is only a tiny little thing and is certainly not street/road smart. I find it bizarre that his DM feels so comfortable with him walking all this way, but can't quite believe that she allows him to walk all the way home, alone in the dark.
The usual would be, DS gets home from school. 10 minutes later we will get a knock on the door from said friend and then his DM will text me at 5.30 pm to send him home. I feel so uncomfortable letting him walk home alone every evening in the dark but because he just shows up every evening, which is never pre-planned, I don't feel I should have to stop everything to walk him home every night? Or should I? What is the UR situation here?
Thank you. 