Comments on: Flotsam and jetsam – a “cleaning out my inbox” post http://danigirl.ca/blog/2009/09/29/flotsam-and-jetsam-a-cleaning-out-my-inbox-post/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:55:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Mary @ Parenthood http://danigirl.ca/blog/2009/09/29/flotsam-and-jetsam-a-cleaning-out-my-inbox-post/comment-page-1/#comment-101718 Mary @ Parenthood Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:20:08 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=2950#comment-101718 Sorry for the late comment on this, but assuming Sarah at CBC is still interested and hasn't already been pointed at http://www.walkingschoolbus.org/ I thought it was kind of an interesting compromise. Sorry for the late comment on this, but assuming Sarah at CBC is still interested and hasn’t already been pointed at http://www.walkingschoolbus.org/ I thought it was kind of an interesting compromise.

]]> By: XUP http://danigirl.ca/blog/2009/09/29/flotsam-and-jetsam-a-cleaning-out-my-inbox-post/comment-page-1/#comment-97968 XUP Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:45:44 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=2950#comment-97968 I've always made a point to live almost next door to my daughter's schools. Still, I walked her to and from school until Grade 5 and then she had a cell phone so she could call me when she got to school and when she was leaving school. She still calls me when she gets to school in the morning (grade 11), but it's more about saying good morning that an arrive safe thing. I’ve always made a point to live almost next door to my daughter’s schools. Still, I walked her to and from school until Grade 5 and then she had a cell phone so she could call me when she got to school and when she was leaving school. She still calls me when she gets to school in the morning (grade 11), but it’s more about saying good morning that an arrive safe thing.

]]> By: DaniGirl http://danigirl.ca/blog/2009/09/29/flotsam-and-jetsam-a-cleaning-out-my-inbox-post/comment-page-1/#comment-97947 DaniGirl Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:22:17 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=2950#comment-97947 Thanks Kerry. I guess it's your lot in life to edit my work in perpetuity!! ;) Fixed. Thanks Kerry. I guess it’s your lot in life to edit my work in perpetuity!! ;) Fixed.

]]> By: Kerry http://danigirl.ca/blog/2009/09/29/flotsam-and-jetsam-a-cleaning-out-my-inbox-post/comment-page-1/#comment-97944 Kerry Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:18:11 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=2950#comment-97944 Nothing to do with the walking kids home... just wanted to mention that your blurb about the My Funky Kid thing says it's happening on Oct 18th and this weekend. I think it's just Oct 18th! Will send on to my new mother friends! Nothing to do with the walking kids home… just wanted to mention that your blurb about the My Funky Kid thing says it’s happening on Oct 18th and this weekend. I think it’s just Oct 18th! Will send on to my new mother friends!

]]> By: Angela ( jhscrapmom) http://danigirl.ca/blog/2009/09/29/flotsam-and-jetsam-a-cleaning-out-my-inbox-post/comment-page-1/#comment-97939 Angela ( jhscrapmom) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:03:55 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=2950#comment-97939 hmmmm.......i still love the lady in new york city who let her 10 year old take the subway home...so i am not sure i am the right one to argue anything;). i bused and metro'd from a small town to montreal from the time i was 11, by myself, traveling 3 hours a day to school...so I would have very little problem letting my kids walk to school. unfortunately, we live in a rural area and are out of district so i have to drive my kids to school...or they would be walking from the age the bus stops picking them up with the 1.3 km rule ( is that still the distance?). i think an 8 year old is old enough to get back and forth from school safely. to be honest, though, in my friends...i am an exception. the majority of them still drive their children the 4 blocks to school. safe blocks. small town blocks with sidewalks and speedbumps... hmmmm…….i still love the lady in new york city who let her 10 year old take the subway home…so i am not sure i am the right one to argue anything;). i bused and metro’d from a small town to montreal from the time i was 11, by myself, traveling 3 hours a day to school…so I would have very little problem letting my kids walk to school. unfortunately, we live in a rural area and are out of district so i have to drive my kids to school…or they would be walking from the age the bus stops picking them up with the 1.3 km rule ( is that still the distance?). i think an 8 year old is old enough to get back and forth from school safely. to be honest, though, in my friends…i am an exception. the majority of them still drive their children the 4 blocks to school. safe blocks. small town blocks with sidewalks and speedbumps…

]]> By: Loukia http://danigirl.ca/blog/2009/09/29/flotsam-and-jetsam-a-cleaning-out-my-inbox-post/comment-page-1/#comment-97932 Loukia Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:34:16 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=2950#comment-97932 I'll be driving my boys to and from school (or my mom, mother-in-law) until they're 16 years old. It helps, too, that our school is not really walking distance from our house. ;) I’ll be driving my boys to and from school (or my mom, mother-in-law) until they’re 16 years old. It helps, too, that our school is not really walking distance from our house. ;)

]]> By: andrea from the fishbowl http://danigirl.ca/blog/2009/09/29/flotsam-and-jetsam-a-cleaning-out-my-inbox-post/comment-page-1/#comment-97930 andrea from the fishbowl Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:20:24 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=2950#comment-97930 I'm on the Active and Safe Routes to School committee at our school. The chair of the committee would be a *fantastic* person to speak to about this issue. If she's interested, Sarah can contact me via email and I can set her up with his contact info. I’m on the Active and Safe Routes to School committee at our school. The chair of the committee would be a *fantastic* person to speak to about this issue. If she’s interested, Sarah can contact me via email and I can set her up with his contact info.

]]> By: Lynn http://danigirl.ca/blog/2009/09/29/flotsam-and-jetsam-a-cleaning-out-my-inbox-post/comment-page-1/#comment-97925 Lynn Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:10:34 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=2950#comment-97925 I would definitely take a more conservative approach. I've read that children can't properly make a decision about crossing a street until they are 10 (I'll try to look up the reference -- right now I have to dash out to pick up Gal Smiley!). My kids have to cross a pretty busy street to get to school, and there's no cross walk, stop sign, or crossing guard there. So I'll be walking them over until at least grade 5. I would definitely take a more conservative approach. I’ve read that children can’t properly make a decision about crossing a street until they are 10 (I’ll try to look up the reference — right now I have to dash out to pick up Gal Smiley!). My kids have to cross a pretty busy street to get to school, and there’s no cross walk, stop sign, or crossing guard there.

So I’ll be walking them over until at least grade 5.

]]> By: Chantal http://danigirl.ca/blog/2009/09/29/flotsam-and-jetsam-a-cleaning-out-my-inbox-post/comment-page-1/#comment-97923 Chantal Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:01:15 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=2950#comment-97923 My son asks me DAILY to let him walk to school. Now I am in a different situation than you are. Our school is about a 20 minute walk from our home (far enough that he will be able to take the bus till he is in grade 6). He is 8 now and I am just not ready. I am thinking about letting him walk. There is one busy road to cross... I am such a worry wart. Once I am on mat leave and then I can walk with him. But It really is such a long trek... Plus I would want him to bus home because I am assuming that baby nap time and home time will co-incide. UGH. My son asks me DAILY to let him walk to school. Now I am in a different situation than you are. Our school is about a 20 minute walk from our home (far enough that he will be able to take the bus till he is in grade 6). He is 8 now and I am just not ready. I am thinking about letting him walk. There is one busy road to cross… I am such a worry wart. Once I am on mat leave and then I can walk with him. But It really is such a long trek… Plus I would want him to bus home because I am assuming that baby nap time and home time will co-incide. UGH.

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