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Alex's avatar

I worked in schools for almost 10 years before having my children. Unfortunately schools are no longer considered safe spaces for many children in America. My children prefer for me to drop them off at school because they feel safer than being on the bus. Dropping my children off at school also means they aren’t being exposed to inappropriate things by older students with cell phones. We could all sit here and say “when I was a kid” but this is 2025, we didn’t grow up in this current reality. Once we get some gun control, and harsher punishment for pedophiles then maybe us parents would have the mental space to handle the car line problem.

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V900's avatar

If you want kids to be independent btw, maybe change the laws. I used to take the train to school by myself when I was ten. Pretty sure a parent could be charged with neglect in many places in America for letting their ten year old go off on a 30 minute trek by themselves.

Stop helicopter parenting.

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