rush hour

[bobtheturkey]

i notice with the brats all back at school we are faced with sour faced mums in their 4x4s with their precious little brats beside them, is it really necessary for them to be lifted too and from school? public transport was good enough for me

[China Doll]

The kids are probably too fat to fit on the bus Bob... Chelsea tractor is the only thing they'll fit in.

[Octavius]

Rather they be in their Chelsea tractors than clogging up my bllinkin bus/train and disturbing me from my reading book with their mp3 mobiles and endless relationship chat.

[dot.hawkes]

My children went to school in the next street Roberto and so until they turned 11 it was always easy, but the difference to the journey made when the schools and colleges are off is amazing. As for the 4x4 mums, what is the need? Environmentally unacceptable and a total waste of an all terrain vehicle.

[barb1314]

But they need the four wheel drive to put the massive Jack Russell in!!

[havinmysay]

doesnt anyone on here like kids

[PatriciaH]

Course we do...read the ads on the right... people are told kids need more exercise -so -walk them to school? its murder where i live as the parents park on double yellows and take their kids into school- they wont park in a safe place and walk , its good when the traffic warden catches them...lol

[B00]

Yep, we love children..........


we just can't eat a full 'un.....

Badum tish

[shaneystar2]

I like children....I have two of my own ...but....mine were walked to school.When old enough to go alone they went on the bus or walked.I am crumbly round the edges now but I always walked to school .I can understand parents fears that children these days could be abducted ,mugged etc.But you can't keep them in cotton wool forever.
People are too tired to walk from A to B and lots of Mums nowadays go from dropping their children off to a hard days work in an office somewhere.I agree 4x4's are a pain and somewhat of a status symbol...But It''s the society we live in I'm afraid.Needs must the devil drives .

[joby1]

We actually have a 4X4, (hubby chose it , he likes to go off road), I dont drive so nothing to do with me!

I quite like the walk to school, it's relaxing I think, and it teaches good discipline. re road crossing and manners.

Not so good in Jan/Feb though! Lol

[spurslady]

I walk my boy's to school, I go along ,the local canal and avoid all the traffic in the town.

Its a pleasant walk my kids love it even though it means I have to carry the youngest and pushchair up a very steep flight of steps to get to street level
.
I have to do this several times a day as the 3 year old finishes at 11.30 then back again for 3 for the 7 year old.

The head teacher does comment on how hardly any of the other kids walk to school, and that its good mine do.

[joby1]

spurslady, I'm like that, youngest in the nursery 11.30. then back at 3.20. Invigorating I call it, especially when they're moaning about tired legs and the cold. lol

[spurslady]

Yeah its a pain when its wet.
Im looking forward to getting back into t again Ive been a bit lazy over the 6 weeks and need to ahed a few excess lbs that have crept up on me again!!!!

[minti]

Well, I share an office with a smashing woman whose husband has just left her and she has had to come back to work full time. She is just about holding it all together and has to drop one child off at one school and another at another school (age differences) and then has to come to work and face a busy day. She doesn't have the opportunity to walk her children to school alas. However......... I have a whole pile of students on my bus every morning and they drive me nuts. Why do they insist on having one seat per person? Don't they like sitting next to each other?

[Jules001]

I always walked my kids to school, it was a good time to talk and practice road safety, plus we would play games such as who can reach the next lamp post before a red car past us, (subtle way of getting to school on time without kids realising we were rushing). Also we used the time to spot and recognise numbers, ie on doors and car registration plates. We would talk about nature, different plants in gardens etc and I was amazed when working in a school that some kids of 11 y.o had never seen a spider's web covered with dew on an Autumn morning, I had to go and get a book out of the library to show them pictures of one!

[scruffscat]

me and my kids always walked to and from school, and then when they were old enough they used to do it on their own come wind ,rain,snow or whatever.Now we live 9 miles awayso i have to take them..and they actually moan about not gettin enough exercise now, i personally think its what they get used to.But i think kids have more chance of gettin ran over by a car on the school run than being abducted.

[Lore]

Personally I find those children who are transported to and from school lose a lot in the way of social skills and independance, especially those in high school.
Too many children are sitting on their backsides - which sadly, is not always their choice!

[cascarelli]

I do think all these mums (and dads) driving their kids to school is ridiculous and everyone seems to agree but there must be people here on AB that do drive them to school. Come on, why? Stick up for yourselves

[beejaybee]

I don`t drive nor do I have young kids. I do use public transport though & occassionaly have had to go on the bus that the school kids are on. It`s absolute "murder". You`re pushed & shoved, it`s noisy & the language is disgusting.