To think this is too far to walk?

[TrinidadQueen]

To school for a child?

15 minutes there and then 15 minutes back. Child is 7. It's to collect another child so would have to do the walk back immediately.

[quote RockingMyFiftiesNot]@mrstt89 I agree. Why do people have to be so nasty? [/quote]
I'll third that. It's actually sick how bitter and unpleasant some posts are in response to a very straightforward and reasonable question.

A lot of horribly judgemental people on this thread 😔

@TellMeMoreThanThis I mean tbf, it's not a reasonable question... Has the kid never been playing? Never gone for a walk in the park? The countryside? Nothing at all? The woman is asking if a 30 min walk in total is too much for a 7 year old, that's absolute madness.

A lot of horribly judgemental people on this thread

And ironically enough Tyne OP could be one of them.

She is asking about her grandchild.

If she came back and clarified if she has guardianship or she's judging what her own child is doing with their child it would help the situation.

I still suspect she wants to tell DIL she's be U and it backfired

I also have no idea why people are being so nasty about it. A grandparent might not have a current knowledge of what kids of different ages are capable of. It's perfectly possible to answer the question politely by saying 'yes that's a perfectly doable distance for a 7 year old' without having to be so obnoxious.

To be annoyed at friend? http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/amiibeingunreasonable/4253780-To-be-annoyed-at-friend

@TrinidadQueen Do you have custody of your grandchildren?

What is your relationship like with their parents?

@SaltAndVinegarSandwiches

I also have no idea why people are being so nasty about it. A grandparent might not have a current knowledge of what kids of different ages are capable of. It's perfectly possible to answer the question politely by saying 'yes that's a perfectly doable distance for a 7 year old' without having to be so obnoxious.

Seriously? A grandparent who most likely raised their own children when most families had 1 car if that and most woman were SAHP and walked the kids to school daily.

I'm not sure what's funnier on this thread. The person asking if a half hour walk for a 7yo is unreasonable or the people jumping all over themselves to defend the OP with their own reasons why she asked.

The OP was Curt and didn't explain. Perhaps if she engaged well with her audience they may have responded better.

If she came back and clarified if she has guardianship or she's judging what her own child is doing with their child it would help the situation.
I agree.

I still suspect she wants to tell DIL she's be U and it backfired
Very possibly but we don't know what that.

I also agree that the OP IBVU but people don't need to be so vile.

Late to this but DD walked one and a half miles to school then the same back every day from the age of 11. Before then when she was in primary it was a mile to school. There was no direct public transport route to either and we don't have a car.

She'd have loved it to be a 15 minute walk!

@SaltAndVinegarSandwiches

I also have no idea why people are being so nasty about it. A grandparent might not have a current knowledge of what kids of different ages are capable of. It's perfectly possible to answer the question politely by saying 'yes that's a perfectly doable distance for a 7 year old' without having to be so obnoxious.

Have children evolved to be significantly different in one generation?

I think it’s fine based on my children but each is different, especially if not used to walking far.

We walked 35 minutes each way to primary and it's about 45 each way to high school.

No one died.

@ImprobablePuffin

I fear OP has walked away from the thread...at least we know she won't have got far.

Brilliant 🤣

If it's 15 min at a very brisk adult pace it might be a little bit too far. If it is at a normal 7 yr old pace than not too far at all!! Totally normal, expected and healthy.

[quote Juno231]@TellMeMoreThanThis I mean tbf, it's not a reasonable question... Has the kid never been playing? Never gone for a walk in the park? The countryside? Nothing at all? The woman is asking if a 30 min walk in total is too much for a 7 year old, that's absolute madness.[/quote]
Disagree. There is nothing fear about being mean. It just shows you are crass and judgmental.

Eh??

Oh God, you again with your weird threads...

I've dragged my 7 year old on MUCH longer walks than that, have also dragged her up a hill with me also. She wasn't happy but she survived! 30 minute walk is a doddle!