Why can't we let kids be kids and parents be parents? A good smack on the ass is appropriatre at times. It gets the child's attention and believe it or not is a good thing.

Still... why does the school take the mission to forbid how you go to school? Shouldn't that be the parents' concern? Are now schools traffic and civil security managers even if you live on the other side of town? I'd understand banning stuff within the school itself, but out of it... isn't there any issue with jurisdictions? :o

Zomfg...dey'se stealin mah freedom !!!!

The "busy road" together with what the article described as having crossings and "wide shoulders".

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/702/advbike4.jpg



Nobody talks of letting a kid walk to school for 4 miles (6.4 km, that would take over an hour) all alone. Talk is of biking here. Obviously in this case also not alone, but with a parent. 6 km on bike is about 15-20 minutes, depends. and that is absolutely okay for getting to school. In a big city, using public transportations, many kids in my class needed much longer.

Also, it is not about the distance in the article, since the school had banned biking and walking in general, no matter the distance.

I got one better. Lets make teleporters... and Beam our kids to school...:yeah: Ya Thats what I'm saying... Travel in style from A to B in seconds.. :up:

Just punch in the abc123 coordinates and zing your kids are safely in school...:salute:

I don't let my six year old go alone... But I can walk my daughter to her school..

That rule in Spring's is crazy.. What the hell were they thinking when they passed it back in 1994? :hmmm: This isn't one guy making these laws.. There was a board of people passing this law... :timeout: What the hell? Are they all on crack? :doh:

The article states the state police agree with the school. This would cover your issue of jurisdiction. Skybird, myself and others participating in this thread failed to mention the state police agree with the school concerning this particular road. Never the less parents can protest and push to have their kids ride to school. Personally I would not have my girls ride a bike to school on this road. Even the secondary roads in my neighborhood people drive like it is Formula 1 racing. But frig it....I'm just a parent who seems to have gone over the edge according to some.

I refer Skybird to this thread

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=156733

Yet I'm some sort of overly protective nut job in Skybirds eyes.

And here it continues:

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2...edgewater.html

Maybe we should hide in bunker Skybird!

I wouldn't say over the edge. To be honest, I do not know what it feels like to have a child, and won't pretend to know the concern you feel for their well being. That being said, you seem to be a tad overly protective, but I do not know you personally nor the are you live in so I don't really put much weight on this vague assumption. Also, I do think parents fears, while not unfounded, are exaggerated since the kidnapping rate among persons under 18 is 8.2 per 100,000. So it is far from common.
My main problem with this though is that I think the school has no business in telling how parents send their kids to school. Their child, their choice if the kid walks or bikes or takes the bus or is driven to the school door.

Well, here is the deal on that....when does the child come under school supervision? On the way to school? On the bus going to school? What if said child is hit and killed on that 4 mile stretch? Think the parents will sue? I would venture a guess and say yes. The school should and probably does have bus service. True, it is the parents choice but like I said, I would not allow my daughters to ride nor walk the four miles. As far as overly protective.....if and when you do become a parent a very different reality sets in. You worry about your kids. I'm sure your parents still worry about you to some degree.

Hey check this out....now you know why parents worry.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,...est=latestnews