[Pessimist]

I think parents are being ridiculous in most situations.

I live in a nice, safe neighborhood, and yet I get stuck behind the school bus stopping at nearly every single driveway for another precious snowflake.

Can’t they at least group up in one yard or another to minimize the stops?

And what I wonder is this: Why is it Ok for your kid to play in the front yard without you at his side, but it’s not Ok for him to stand there waiting for a bus without you at his side?

Somebody ‘splain that to me..

[SoftballMominVA]

Why is it Ok for your kid to play in the front yard without you at his side, but it’s not Ok for him to stand there waiting for a bus without you at his side?

I would bet most parents are watching them play in the front yard. I know my neighbors do, and we live in a safe neighborhood.

[Tax-chick]

I get stuck behind the school bus stopping at nearly every single driveway

Happens in my neighborhood, too, even though every house is on a residential-only street, with stop signs, sidewalks, and crosswalks. They could drop the the whole busload at a central point and no child would have to walk more than 10 minutes to his door.