do you drive your kids to school? – Page 2 – Chat Forum

philconsequence · 2010-08-16T09:35:37Z

Now when i was a kid the furthest i lived from school was about 3-4 miles... i was lucky enough to have a mum who worked hours that meant whilst at infants school she could walk with me... then as soon as i was old enough to remember the way i was sent off on my own.... the only time i got a lift to school was for an open evening and i had to carry my guitar and amp i seem to remember. So i've always been pretty anti-parents-driving-their-kids-to-school.... but i must remember i lived in a reasonably safe area, didnt have to cross any motorways to get to school, lived less than an hour away, and back in those days the only reason women were allowed in 4X4 was if they were carrying the sandwiches for all the manly man activities you were off to do. Nowadays my drive to and from work each day is made at laast 45 minutes longer each way by (mainly) women in massive 4X4s with 1 small child in the back and i see no reason to need such vehicles let alone me thinking most of these kids could be walking.... the biggest risk i see to most of the kids that i do see walking is the mums blindly parking their 4X4s in the faces of the healthy kids outside the school-gates. dont get me started on parent and child parking.. thats another subject to troll when i'm bored ;) come on STW..... on your marks.... get set.... fight!

Junkyard

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Love the irony that people drive to school as it is not safe to walk kids to school then abondon ther cars everywhere near school meaning it is not safe to walk. I realise some people have to but many are just lazy. Aour uses her car and it takes her longer than walking...she once returned and parked in her own drive as their was nowehere closer to nursery to park than her own house
No I walk or cycle

Posted : 16/08/2010 12:11 pm

nonk

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its a fantastic solution to an ever increasing traffic problem...
make the kids walk through the ever increasing traffic problem.

to be fair i used to hold the same views but that was when my life was more simple and i could ride to work etc. these days i can see that it just aint that simple.

Posted : 16/08/2010 12:22 pm

monkeychild

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Bunch of lazy arses adding to the number of lard arse kids that I see waddling about these days. My neighbours drive their daughter the whole 5 mins it takes to walk to the school around the corner. The school run is an effing joke imho!!

Posted : 16/08/2010 12:47 pm

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