Parents driving their kids to the school bus stop

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• Toolsie

  2017-01-19 15:03:59

  ಠ_ಠ

  I forgot you guys had school buses.
• Crystal

  2017-01-19 15:14:50

  Munch munch, chomp chomp...

  I've done this, but in both cases it makes sense, which makes this not actually seem like that big of an issue as much as it is extremely case-by-case. Anyway: First case involves the only bus stop (which then drove us a mile or more since it was the only bus stop where I lived), second involves the bus stop not being that far off from the school anyway. I agree regardless, though.
• Princess Alice

  2017-01-19 15:18:02

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  Honestly, it wouldn't bother me so much if not for how we end up with like half a dozen cars lining both sides of the streets and making it hard for me (or anyone) to get through
• Salix Babylonika

  2017-01-19 15:19:51

  https://i.imgur.com/7Iil2JW.png

  I generally consider this a sign of helicopter parents tbh

  
  

  the only exception is if the bus stop is farther away than a child can realistically walk within like an hour.
• Crystal

  2017-01-19 15:35:02

  Munch munch, chomp chomp...

  Jane said:

  I generally consider this a sign of helicopter parents tbh

  
  

  the only exception is if the bus stop is farther away than a child can realistically walk within like an hour.

  Yeah, this.
• Klinotaxis

  2017-01-19 17:57:47

  kill living beings
  

  it's freezing outside and the stop is a quarter mile up hill. y'all are jerks
  
• Crystal

  2017-01-19 18:00:36

  Munch munch, chomp chomp...

  Hey, I've been in that exact position.
• buttercrispy

  2017-01-19 18:17:05

  my parents still will, on occasion, drop me off at the bus stop because it's a mile downhill and that is less than safe to do when it is over 100 degrees or if it's super rainy.

  
  

  but back when I actually took the school bus I either walked there myself (in middle school) or was walked there by my babysitter's middle schooler (when I was in kindergarten)
• eriophora zia

  2017-01-19 18:22:47

  I have cut a caper with the dancing mad god

  If you leave for work at roughly the same time you'd need to take your kid to the bus stop anyway, you might as well just drive them, I figure. 
• Imipolex G

  2017-01-19 18:23:57

  Touch the cow. Do it now.
  

  my mom would occasionally drive me there if it was raining hard.
  
  otherwise I don't get it
• eriophora zia

  2017-01-19 18:25:44

  I have cut a caper with the dancing mad god

  My schoolbus just came directly to my house, so this wasn't ever a thing I really experienced...
• buttercrispy

  2017-01-19 18:34:34

  The only buses in my local district that do house-to-house are for the special ed kids. Otherwise there are like 5-6 main stops per route where they collect kids in the mornings and dump 'em out in the afternoon.
• glennmagusharvey

  2017-01-19 20:27:00

  Klinotaxis said:

  it's freezing outside and the stop is a quarter mile up hill. y'all are jerks
  

  uphill both ways!

  eriophora zia said:

  If you leave for work at roughly the same time you'd need to take your kid to the bus stop anyway, you might as well just drive them, I figure. 

  Wait...
  
  Centie, are these people who idle their cars with their kids inside waiting for the bus, or are these people who just drop their kids off at the bus stop and then go on to wherever (to work, back home, to the store, etc.)?
  
• Bee

  2017-01-19 20:35:01 edited 2017-01-19 20:36:00

  I mean where I'm from it's not uncommon to see stops with a mile or more in between.  Usually about a half-mile in the residential areas.

  
  

  Also how safe is the neighborhood etc.
• glennmagusharvey

  2017-01-19 20:38:09

  A mile is walkable in 20 minutes if you walk briskly, but I wouldn't exactly expect it of people even though I have done it myself.
  
  I think half a mile or so is probably a reasonable maximum for walking (and thus minimum for driving), especially for younger children.  Maybe even shorter, depending on the terrain and neighborhood.
  
• Bee

  2017-01-19 21:09:03 edited 2017-01-19 21:09:56

  See the thing is, 20 minutes walking to a bus stop at fuck-off-o-clock is 20 minutes they could've been sleeping.  That makes a huge difference in how well they do at school, and it's already way too damn early.

  
  

  Walking back, sure.
• Imipolex G

  2017-01-19 21:27:12

  Touch the cow. Do it now.
  

  "fuck-off-o-clock" is a good phrase and you can be sure I'll use it
  
• Princess Alice

  2017-01-19 21:41:46

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  glennmagusharvey said:

  Wait...
  
  Centie, are these people who idle their cars with their kids inside waiting for the bus, or are these people who just drop their kids off at the bus stop and then go on to wherever (to work, back home, to the store, etc.)?
  

  The former. I should have specified this in the OP, heh.
  
  That's part of what makes it so confusing to me. I could understand dropping your kids off to save them walking when the weather's bad or whatever, but why do you need to sit there with them in the car? My parents only ever did this when the wind chill made it dangerous to stand outside for more than a couple minutes, and even then school was usually closed before that would happen.
• Crystal

  2017-01-19 21:44:25

  Munch munch, chomp chomp...

  Oh, yeah, for the most part that was a little strange to me.
• thenamelesssamurai

  2017-01-19 21:54:49

  
  

  Central Avenue said:

  glennmagusharvey said:

  Wait...
  
  Centie, are these people who idle their cars with their kids inside waiting for the bus, or are these people who just drop their kids off at the bus stop and then go on to wherever (to work, back home, to the store, etc.)?
  

  The former. I should have specified this in the OP, heh.
  
  That's part of what makes it so confusing to me. I could understand dropping your kids off to save them walking when the weather's bad or whatever, but why do you need to sit there with them in the car? My parents only ever did this when the wind chill made it dangerous to stand outside for more than a couple minutes, and even then school was usually closed before that would happen.

  See, my mom would wait with me and my sister at the bus stop, though not in the car. So that's never seemed odd to me, though my mom is the classic definition of a Helicopter parent.
  
• Anonus

  2017-01-20 04:42:18

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  My mother did this for me in 6th grade, but only because it was cold out in the morning

  
  

  Eventually she just started driving me to school
• eriophora zia

  2017-01-20 04:51:42

  I have cut a caper with the dancing mad god

  I could see it being a time to socialize a bit with your kid, if you're not in a rush to head off. 
• Bee

  2017-01-20 15:54:24 edited 2017-01-20 15:54:49

  Okay I'll admit idling right there is a bit much unless the weather is bad.  Can block the bus too.
• Princess Alice

  2017-01-20 16:11:52

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  I should also note, perhaps, that I regularly observe this in my small suburban neighborhood. It'd be a bit different if we were talking about a rural area with miles between stops...