The Real Reason She Can’t Walk to School
We’re a nation of terrified parents. Scared of the Philip Garridos of the world, the faceless man who will come to steal our children right out from under our noses. That’s why the New York Times says we don’t let our kids walk to school anymore.
True enough, but there’s another story out here in the wilderness. Parents aren’t afraid their child is going to be touched by a stranger. They’re afraid he’s going to run them over. Continue reading »
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Tags: automobiles, bus, Cars, child molester, education, fear, helicopter parenting, Jeanne Sager, schools, stay-at-home parents, walking to school, working parents
Kids Forbidden to Bike or Walk to School
Here’s a rich one for our desperate-to-get-the-kids-more-exercise society: In the upstate New York town of Saratoga Springs, children at some schools aren’t allowed to bike or walk to school. In fact, when one student rode to school, with his mother, on a bike path, his bike was confiscated (the rule had never been publicized).
The principal goes on at some length rationalizing the rule. Mostly he’s scared of traffic and stranger abductions. Continue reading »
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Tags: abductions, Axel-Lute, bike safety, depression, exercise, fear, Free-range kids, liability, obesity epidemic, safe routes to school, Saratoga Springs, stranger danger
