On 9/7/2014 9:34 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 9/7/2014 8:06 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 9/7/2014 7:42 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
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>> Just a couple of days ago, I noticed school was back in session
>> because all the parents were waiting for the bus with their kids.
>> I thought to myself, poor kids are never left with a moment to
>> themselves any more.

> Just waiting? I see at least three spots where the parent lets the kid
> sit in the car until the bus comes. I'm talking sunny days at 60
> degrees. Mommy drives a half block to the bus stop with their 14 year
> old baby. It is not like a stop on the way to work, mommy goes back
> home again. This is in a nice, safe, small suburban town.

Ditto. The school buses make a lot of stops, not like they
have to walk a mile to some main juncture. But they drive
the kids to the corner and wait with them, in the car, out
of the car, whichever.

This is just a grassy, treed neighborhood where there isn't
even through traffic.

nancy