My daughter started sixth form last week. She has now decided she wants to change schools because she wants to do religious studies, and because her friends go to that school. I wouldn’t mind this if the other school wasn’t two bus journeys away, and if we hadn’t just spent £300 on smart clothes (there is a dress code at her current school).
The current school is a 20 minute walk away, the new sixth form will be roughly £800 per year in bus travel costs (I can’t drive because of health reasons)
Am I wrong to expect her to get a part time job to pay toward the bus fees, as she is choosing to go to a school out of our area? Or is that just my responsibility as a parent?
She can be quite lazy at times, so I am concerned how she is going to get to school on time, every morning getting two buses in all weathers.
I won’t lie, I was hoping she’d just settle nicely at her current school as it is so close by. Parenting never seems to be straight forward