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    Quote Originally Posted by MommaL View Post
    LOL. How soon we forget that most of us (at least where I am from) walked to school when we were growing up. There was no such thing as busses and parents and daycare providers didn't walk with us. If we were still too young to walk on our own, we walked with an older sibling or neighbourhood kid. For me, the school is just down the way and the children are older, so are ok to do the 2 minute on their own.
    I have a mom who is trying to figure this out for her daughter in 2 years. Mom will be on mat leave when the older one is in kinder so that works great but when she's in grade 1 mom asked if I could watch her before and after school. She said I didn't need to worry about transportation as the school is literally a 2 min walk from me and they'd let her walk that alone. I thought that was great that they are planning on teaching and giving her that responsibility. There's other issues to factor so I'm not sure if I'll do it but it's nice to know that they don't expect me to do school drop off and puck ups!

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    I have a potential child coming for before and after school care and they will be on the bus route for my address. The bus stop is a 2 minute walk max and the kid is 7 and would need to walk alone. If the parent isn't okay with this then I wont take them. I will also be having them sign a liability waiver should anything happen prior to coming through my door. That being said, most kids for all schools who live in this area have the same bus stop so my two high school kids, my own kids, could potentially escort the 7 year old which might all together work better for everyone.

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