To want my kids driven to school this week?

[TheLostNights]

Neighbour has been helping out with school runs but it's a 20 minute walk to school and very cold in London this week. Aibu to drop them to the before school club in the car so they dont have to walk?
They are primary aged.

It's cold but not that cold. How do you think children in properly cold countries cope? And its only 20 minutes. They will be fine.

Surely you are not serious op??

why is the neighbour "helping" with your school run?

I don’t understand this question?

Is the neighbour relevant? Are you asking them to take your dc? Otherwise it's really entirely up to you what you do with your own children isn't it?!

Properly togged up the walk won't hurt, but if you've got the time/ability/finances to run them to school and back every day then why not?

Are you always this lacking in confidence in your own decision making?

You can make your own decisions about your own kids but YABU to say it's too cold to walk. Unless there is a medical condition that is exacerbated by the cold then it really is not too cold to walk.

Hopefully the OP will come back and explain things a little further? (Or not)

I'd rather walk than drive in this weather. The normal school parking wars coupled with everyone seemingly forgetting how to drive at the first flakes of snow seems a recipe for disaster.

Probably the neighbour has been walking the OP's dc along with her own and now the OP wants to drive hers because of the snow and does not have room in her car for the neighbour's children. Which is an awkward situation.

My children and the rest of the school regularly walk to school in minus temperatures in winter, and don't seem to notice whether it's 5 or -5! They won't freeze on a mile walk

I am a Highlander so often we have snow up to our knees in the winter. The kids and me sledge to school some days and walk most of the time. Wrap them up in layers, make sure they have hats and gloves. We actually have a car but most of the time particularly in deep snow it’s safer and easier to walk to school. Some days it’s minus 10 it does kids no harm to walk in it unless they are inappropriately dressed. If your driving then go for it but if your expecting your neighbour to it’s not fair.

When I was at primary (1977-1982) I walked up a hill every day in the snow at my mums car couldn’t get up the hill. Many people didn’t have a car and walked everywhere.
Every winter was a snowy one in the 70s.
Wrapped up your children will probably get quite warm walking. Kids don’t really feel the cold like adults

Not sure the AIBU - but you shouldn’t be driving for a 20 minute walk. It’s much healthier for kids and planet to walk, even in the cold

And we wonder why there's a snowflake generation. Pun intended. Yadbu

I don't understand the question either. I would normally agree that 20 minutes walk in the cold isn't an issue at all and I've been determined to keep walking this past week but ds fell in the ice twice walking on Friday and hurt himself so I'll be taking the car if it's icy tomorrow. The roads here have been fine but the paths haven't been treated.

What’s the question here? Why is the neighbour helping!

are you another of the many posters who start threads and never return and annoy everyone or reply?

Is there space in the breakfast club? You can’t just rock up randomly, you need to book your kids in and there’s usually a waiting list.

I don't understand what you are asking here.
What does the neighbour have to do with it?

Is the issue that you would have to leave them at the school before the breakfast club opens and they would have to wait alone. Otherwise I don't understand the problem.

Only if you snap and fart at the same time

I took my 17mo out in a back pack carrier on the hills near us for over an hour in -2 today. He didn’t like the wind much but was fine once we were off the top. Plenty of layers! They’ll probably be toasty after walking for 20 minutes.

@Minniem2020 I always thought we have to treat the footpaths ourselves. That’s what the grit bins are for. Am I the only one that goes out and treats the pavements?!

How lovely that your neighbour walks your kids to school every day.

No I don’t think you need to drive them in (and presumably not offer neighbours kids a lift?!) because it’s a bit cold.

@PurBal We don't have any grit bins near us either otherwise I'd be happy to. You've actually got me thinking now about where our nearest one would be! the walk to school is like an ice rink as none of them have been touched unfortunately.