How does your child get to school?

I drive my kids to school and pick them up each day. It is only an 8 minute drive to their school but much too dangerous for them to walk as it is a winding country road. There is a school bus that goes there, but cannot see the point in paying for that service when I can drive them. I work from home so I can easily do this. :-)

I understand the problem.Todays kids wants to live a luxurious life and sometime they don't bother for their parents.My kids also don't like to walk even to a farlong to the school bus, even the don't like the idea of goin to scool in schoolbus.They incist me to buy a car for them.But proper counseling may find a solution.Be friendly to them,teach them that walking is a good healthy exercise.In my times we too walk more than a mile to our school.But in those days we lived in a joint family, and all my cousins and friends form neighbour walk togethr to the school.That's a great pleasure,we walked playfully. But now a days that environment is not there, we become nucleous family, even neigbours kids are in all different schools.As lots of schools come up. For diferent status different schools. Most kids become alone.So the problem grows. We have to adjust with the situtation.

My three eldest children who are at secondary school all walk to school as it is only about a 15 minute walk from our house. My primary age son used to walk to school but that was when he was attending the school across the road from us. Since he changed schools he does occasionally get driven to school but that is usually when the weather is bad. I will usually walk him up to school and take the dog with me as that means the dog gets his morning walk as well. My 3 year old attends pre-school which is just across the road from us so of course he walks as well with me his dad or one of his bigger brothers.

Hi thea! My kids goes to school by schoolvan ( 2 of them)together with my neigbour's kid. Their school is queit far and I am a working mom so that's the best solution here. When I in Primary and Secondary School, I used school bus since my school is so far away from my village!!I remember that my big brother used his bicycle to school together with all the neigbours boys...my father trusted him then because he's the only boy in family so his upbringing a bit tougher than me.

luckily we have a school bus. Though school starts way too early here. They have to be at the bus stop at 620am - ugh!

Dear thea, Oh yes, during our time our school bus is real pack like a sardine can. Since I'm staying in rural area in a secluded estate, the pulic transport is so irregular, sometimes only 2 hours once to go downtown. The Government school is in town, the one in estate is the Indian school where they taught everything in Tamil and only up to Primary Six. Most of my brothers and my sisters will walk five miles daily if they have extra co-curriculum. The school bus only makes 2 fixed trips, that's it! But the new generation is luckier, parent will make arrangement like school bus, private transporter, drivers, car 'pool' or personally send by parents or those well to do they have personal 'driver' too! Those who stay like a block or two away, they walk. When those smaller children, they will have maid to accompany them walking and carry the school bag. For myself, since I left my job to ensure my son have proper meals, do his homework, etc - therefore I am his unpaid 'transporter'..

When I was in school I usually took the bus in the morning...and then when I started high school, my dad and I would leave at the same time so he would drive me to school because even though the high school was about 1.5 miles from my house it was on his way out of town, so he drove me everyday until my senior year when I got my first car. I very rarely took the bus home from school because I always had my sports or some after school program so my mom would have to pick me up (unless it was during senior year) because by the time I got out it was almost dark. A couple of times I did walk home from school but that was when I missed the bus and my mom wasn't around to pick me up from school.

I Drop my Son To School Daily .. He Has The Luxury of A Chauffeur Driven Car For Drop As Well As Pick Up From School .. He's A Lucky Guy I Must Say as I Used to Walk Daily Around A Kilometer In The Hot Sun To Reach School .. He Says He Likes To Go By School Bus As he Can Have a Nice time Talking With His Friends .. He's Too Small To Walk To School Alone And He has No School Mates Nearby .. So I Have to Double up As A Driver ..

As the School is closeby I Cant Ask my Son to Go by The School Bus . He is Too Young to Travel By public Transport Or Walk alone . This Leaves Me With Only One Option I Drop Him To Schoo everyday and am Safe He is not complaining ............. LoL ....

my primary-school going children (2 of them) go to school on the school bus.. their school is quite far, they have to cross a major, very busy road if they were to walk to school - i will risk them doing that.. and if they have any after school activities, and the schoolbus wont take them - i would tell them to miss the activity, or i would try to arrange anyone of their friends' parents to take them..

Hi thea09!Well, now my children ride the bus being that there school is about 10 miles away, which makes sense to me. However, about 2 yrs ago we lived in another city about 20 miles from where we are at now and this school district didnt have any buses, yes, none at all! I was not happy with this because we lived a good 2+ miles from the school and the only two ways were very high traffic streets. It was a long walk with hills and dangerous too. I guess the school districts budget couldn't afford it!

Dear thea, Fortunately, the school where I went to primary and high school was only about 150 meters from our house. And so as the schools where our kids go to, is only about 60 meters for the pre-school and 250 meters for our primary school kid. But our freshman girl goes to school by riding a tricycle, a motorcycle with attached cabin for passengers. Tricycle ride is only about 10 minute ride for a 7 pesos fare.

Well I don't have any children but I remember that I always walked to school when I was younger which was about a mile and a half. Things is back then it was the normal thing to do and those who caught busses generally came to school from the outside villages. You just have to look at the lack of traffic on the roads at rush hour time during the summer holidays to realise that a lot of children get driven to school. Whether that is down to children being lazy or over protective parents I'm not sure but it does shock me when each morning the lady who lives opposite me drives her son to school which is less than a 10 minute walk.

Hi, Thea.., My son only needs 5 minutes to walk to school everyday cause his school near our house, so his Nanny could bring his warm lunch meals everyday. Children need walk a moment under the sun morning, it makes them healthy :)

My son always go to school without using the public transport. It's not fait to say that it's not useful, but when using public transport, you save time. So, I hope he will become to go to school by bus for example.

My father drives my son to school everyday, and pick him up 3 horus after. he is still in kinder so classes here only takes 3 hours. The school is like a mile away from the house, since my dad doesnt have work, so he is the one driving the kids to school. But when im home and dont have work, im the one who brings him to school, i hang out with the other parents in the school, then gos home after class. But this only happens like once a week, so mostly its the my dad who does the honor. lols!

My grandson is to go to primary school coming semester. The transport is under consideration as it is not on the way his parents going to work. They will have to get up earlier, or hire a help, or some other means. Decades ago, we went to school by ourselves, and in the country, children go a longer way through hills or across streams. But in cities, for the heavy traffic, and other concerns, few would go by themselves until a bit grown up. And school buses are not popular except for few private schools. It remain a big issue for the parents. Sometimes, grandparents are involved to support if living nearby. So far we are still awaiting last notice.