Taking your DC to school would you do this

[crazedupmom]

Hiya

Would you drive your 7 year old to school quickly pull in and let them out to cross a busy road and then make their own way into school.

I have witnessed a mom doing this at my DS school and the child obviously has got into school okay every day.

Admittedly there is a lollypop lady on duty at the school who is there to see him across.

Tbh though I don,t feel that I could ever do this I cannot relax until I have seen my 7 year old walk through the school doors with his class and teacher.

What for instance if the school was closed due to a heating breakdown or anything else for that matter.

Is it just me as I am very overprotective or do you think its okay to do this with a 7 year old.

I don't think I would be comfortable doing this until they were much older.
Any thoughts on this please.

Erm, that sounds OK to me.

i walked to and from school myself from age 5 - mum took me for the first week and that was it

i would let dd go herself if she wanted - our back door is right next to school gate so no roads - but shed rather i took her so i do

if the school was shut the lollipop lady would say so wouldnt she....?

if our school is shut they phone us

This morning I let DS1 (7yrs old in YR2) out of the door and he walked the (admittedly extremely short) distance to school.

Wouldn't trust them? What are they going to do, nip down the arcade with a litre of Woodpecker?

We're talking crossing the road outside a schoola at school time with a lollipop lady, not venturing across trackeless wastes with a dog sled.....

'not venturing across trackless wastes with a dog sled ' lol seeker

I don't have a 7 year old yet but I think a lot of children would be fine at this age to be dropped off like this with a lollipop lady to help with the crossing. Then again I walked to primary school (5 mins only and no major roads admitedly) from the age of 6. I also walked to secondary school and back from the age of 11 (1.5 miles each way) every day, Rain, snow or shine I always walked.

It really would have to depend on the road. I have no problem letting ds (7) walk the best part of the way to school (10 mins) himself, though I do like to see him across the busy road near our house. The lollipop ladies round our way are very trustworthy and ds is also very reliable with crossing the road. Dd was walking the whole way on her own by age 8 or 9.

But obviously, if the road near your school is really nasty, which you seem to feel it is, then that is a different situation.

If there is a lollypop lady, what is the problem.

Back in the mists of time, where I were a nipper, I used to walk to school from around 4/5, we all did.

lollypop peeopl don't work if the school is closed

well our lollipop lady serves 2 schools so she is always there....and i dont live in a v desirable area and often theres weirdoes nearby(a bail hostel and several halfway houses for mental health issues) plus the lure of a park and supermarkets etc so i think thats y i walk them into school i dont mean i go in hang their coats up and pull their chair out for them (im saying this in past tense as we no longer do primary school i home ed the youngestand hed be quite capable of catching a bus alone given half a chance but then its not him i dont trust its other people)