https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:07:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037733 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:08:39 +0000 catomd00 2037733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not planning on allowing her to ride the bus, but if she ends up being a bus rider I'll wait with her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037717 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:03:45 +0000 Rockies11 2037717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we live in the walk zone of the elementary school. My kids will walk alone to school, or perhaps with friends, as soon as they are old enough to. The world has never been a safer place, and I want them to grow up feeling that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037655 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:40:24 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 2037655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No buses here. Right now we live a 10 minute walk away from our assigned elementary school and if we still live here and send him to that school I think we will walk him to school for the first few years, then let him walk. And he will have to go to aftercare until he's old enough to stay home alone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037622 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:23:55 +0000 tequiero21 2037622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i don't think they even have bus rides in the county i'm in. but if they do, i'll definitely wait. i don't trust the people out there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037617 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:21:17 +0000 regberadaisy 2037617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I will. It's a different world. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037597 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:08:49 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2037597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband feels differently about this, but I don't plan to wait with my kids. I was always dropped off at elementary school. In junior high, starting in 7th grade, I took public transportation to school and waited on my own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037588 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:00:33 +0000 LaughLines 2037588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The bus stop is right across the street from my house. My next door neighbor always waits at the stop for his 12ish year old kid and walks him across the street home... i think it's weird, he could see him from his window... But maybe he's home anyway and just wants to see his kid, idk... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037581 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:54:49 +0000 HabesBabe 2037581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunshineandsushi: I bet that is a huge contributing factor. I did a quick Google search and found this article: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-missing-children/2013/05/10/efee398c-b8b4-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-missing-children/2013/05/10/efee398c-b8b4-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html</a></p> <p>So it seems like the rate has changed... but it's declining, which is good news! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037571 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:45:37 +0000 sunshineandsushi 2037571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: If that's true, that statistics have NOT changed, I wonder if instead it's people's perceptions with the rise of the 24/7 news cycle, social media and all the other ways communication has permeated daily life. We're just more aware now of all the stories when it does occur. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037569 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:42:53 +0000 Anagram 2037569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now, we live in an urban area and there is no school bus, so it's more likely we'll talk her to and from school (well, to and from aftercare since DH and I both work). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037555 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:32:22 +0000 Bluebonnet 2037555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our elementary school is in walking distance (so there is no bus). We will walk LO to school. </p> <p>The bus stop for middle school and junior high is across the street from our house. I might go to the bus stop to chat with other parents, but likely I will send LO alone and watch from the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037538 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:25:44 +0000 HabesBabe 2037538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Don't statistics about kidnappings and attempted abductions show that times HAVEN'T changed? That's what I've been reading for... well, basically for as long as I've been interested in children's safety.</p> <p>Our kids will walk to school if we are unable to drive them. Currently, I work from home, so I have the flexibility to drop them off, but if that changed, they would walk in a group of friends (like I did) starting at 2nd grade-ish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037398 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:22:29 +0000 GreenThumb 2037398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live on a bit of a busy street, so I think the bus will pick up at the end of the driveway, but I may drive her to school in the beginning. I walked to school with my older sister from K-3rd grade. Then in 4th, I took the bus. My parents never waited for me - I walked to the bus stop myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037393 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:19:27 +0000 MapleMoose 2037393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I walked myself to school and back. But times have changed and I'll be with my kids when they go to and from school. Actually times started to change when I was in school. A van once followed me as I was walking home and I ran home and called the police. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037347 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:56:28 +0000 ineebee 2037347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I walked myself to the bus stop, too! Turns out our bus stop is at the edge of our yard, so I'll probably send him out on his own and watch from the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037342 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:54:22 +0000 lemondrop 2037342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, we've had bears at our bus stop before. So my parents always waited with us in the morning. In the afternoon we let ourselves in and called my mom to let her know we were home safe. She worked across the street, so she could hear the bus. </p> <p>It depends on the age, but I'll wait with them at least nearby until they are older. We may also just drop off at school if we can. Districts are weird around here, we may go outside our district for a better quality school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037310 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:43:00 +0000 Mamaof2 2037310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037304 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:41:22 +0000 jedeve 2037304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, because we live too close for a bus stop do they will walk. </p> <p>The story about the van though reminded me of news stories I've seen around here. In one a grandparent was watching her kids wait to get on the bus. One of her neighbors drove past and started yelling at the kids to get in the car. The woman went outside yelling at her to stop and then realized why the neighbor had done it - their was a mountain lion approaching the kids at the bus stop!</p> <p>And then ANOTHER time there was four kids waiting at the bus stop when a mountain lion appeared right as the bus pulled up. The bus driver opened the door and yelled at the kids to get on. She said they all four piled on at the same time. </p> <p>So maybe around here you should wait! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037298 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:40:09 +0000 avivoca 2037298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Where I live, an adult must be there to put a kid on/get a kid off the bus, so we will probably walk to/from the bus stop. If we move to my hometown, the bus stop will be at the end of our driveway, so I'll just watch from the front door. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037297 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:40:01 +0000 LuLu Mom 2037297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In our area the buses pick you up at your house (because they only do bus services for those kids who live out in the country) so this was never an issue. We just walked up our driveway when we knew it was time for the bus to be coming. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037294 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:38:48 +0000 mrs. bird 2037294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>depends on the stop &amp; the ages. there have been a few times where my nanny LO's bus didn't show up or came 45mins late, i'd want them to be old enough to handle the situation and i'd be more comfortable if there were a bunch of kids at the stop. eventually they need to become independent, at some point they really should be walking by themselves or with friends. </p> <p>in 7th and 8th grade my dad would walk my to the bus because he worked evenings and didn't get home until after i went to bed, so it was the only time he'd see me during the wk. it wasn't a safety thing, it was just his way of spending time with me &amp; he wouldn't stay at the bus stop with me, he'd continue on for a morning walk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037287 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:35:07 +0000 ShootingStar 2037287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fixed the poll! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037285 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:33:54 +0000 mediagirl 2037285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are going to drive her to and from school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037283 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:33:18 +0000 Greentea 2037283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope to walk her until she is much older, but yes if a bus is involved! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037272 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:29:16 +0000 su9su9 2037272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We will probably just drive them to school, but if not, I will wait with them, at least until they are in 2nd or 3rd grade? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037270 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:28:37 +0000 looch 2037270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The bus stop for our zoned high school is at 6:30 am on the corner of two rather busy streets ( I know because we drive by all the cars parked on the sides of the road on our way to work in the morning). </p> <p>I'll be waiting with my son, if I can. There are too many stories about people driving around in vans like @dc yoga bee mentioned. The burbs aren't as safe as they used to be! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037267 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:27:21 +0000 twodoghouse 2037267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our nearest bus stop is the corner of our lawn! We always get a cute little crowd on the first day of school! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037261 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:26:06 +0000 dc yoga bee 2037261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just saw on the local news a man in a white van is riding around trying to get elementary school children to get in. This is in the burbs too. It's not like the old days anymore. Yep, I will wait with her! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037257 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:24:46 +0000 Mamaof2 2037257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I walked myself.</p> <p>In our school district for K-1st grade the driver wont let the kids off the bus unless an adult is waiting for them.</p> <p>When I am running late and leaving at bus time I see ALL the moms waiting with their kids</p> <p>I WOTH so my kids will be in before care or will go alone ot the bus stop</p> <p>also - poll needs to be fixed =) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-wait-at-the-school-bus-stop#post-2037253 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:22:11 +0000 ShootingStar 2037253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Will you wait at the school bus stop with your kids? When I was growing up (in the suburbs, in a subdivision) I think from the time I started taking the school bus in 1st grade, I always walked myself down the street to the bus stop and waited with the other kids, no other parents present.</p> <p>But nowadays when I drive by a bus stop, every single kid's parents seem to be there. My parents NEVER would've bothered to wait with me, lol. They were too busy trying to get to work. And no way they would have ever been home earlier enough to wait for me in the afternoon either. Once I was old enough to be home alone after school, I just walked home and let myself in.</p> <p>So will you wait at the bus stop, or will you send your kids off by themselves? </p>