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I don't see an issue with it - I think its pretty clever!

Its funny - in this day and age you cant win - you let your 10 and 6 yr old walk home alone and you get CWS called on you - if you watch your child walk to school with a drone you are an over protective parent!

@blackbird: I agree! My husband actually has a drone, I could see him doing this.

If it's just about safety while walking to school, then I don't have a problem with it. I don't really see it as different than actually walking with her (well, maybe a little more lazy ) But when I first read the topic of this thread, I thought it was more like monitoring her to make sure she's doing what she's supposed to be doing -- like with an older girl, keeping an eye out for her staying out too late or something. Now THAT would be very Big Brother-ish.

I think it's kinda pointless-- if something majorly bad were to happen, it's not like he could intervene.

@HabesBabe: This was my thought too. What if a stranger tried to lure her into his car, or she didn't look both ways and walked into traffic... He couldn't prevent most things that parents worry about the most when their kids walk to school. He would just see it happen and not be able to do anything about it.

So I don't think it really acts as protection. It's a good way to keep an eye out and make sure she actually goes to school and doesn't skip though.

@Shizaz: Those were the first two issues that came to my head immediately, too! I think we worry more about child abductions than getting hit by a car, but the latter is more likely and just as dangerous. In either case, there's not much you could do from down the street (or however far away home is).

I'd either walk my kid or drop them off if I feel like they are too young to be responsible enough to go alone, or if they are old/mature enough, I wouldn't monitor them at all.