Joanl Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 I took my son to school in the morning after a hearty breakfast, crappy awful weather today (I think we can all agree.) Went to the newsagent to buy him some tissues and had horrible thoughts as I waited to pay. A group small children (primary infant age) no coats on, buying up loads of chocolate, crisps and cheap fizzy pop all stood in front of me. They then made their own way to school munching as they walked in the drizzle unsupervised. (youngest was about 6, oldest 8 if that) awful thoughts crossing my mind included: 1. God how can the parents send them out without coats 2. Don't they get any breakfast? 3. I hope they get across the three busy roads ahead of them without getting killed. So am I being a snob by thinking these kids are being dragged up and not properly cared for? How can being a caring person make you a snob. The parents probably took one look at the weather, thought it was too crappy to go out, shoved them out of the door with a hand-full of change telling them to go and get some crisps and pop, then climbed back into their warm beds..... Then we wonder why some kids turn out the way they do:huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsmum Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 good god no, that doesnt make you a snob at all! if i were you id call the school and mention that you have seen these children having to make thier own way to school...its truly terrible what people expect of young kids these days!then they have the nerve to moan about them growing up too quick ... my eldest is 9 and there is no way id let her walk to school on her own (not now anyway, and i wouldnt even if we lived close by) - we dont like her walking round the corner on her own to her aunties house, all of 30 seconds walk!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyBunny Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 No I don't think that makes you a snob at all, I'd be more inclined to say it proves you care. My mum didn't let me walk to school until I was 10, and then at 10 I walked with my little sister and two of the boys from our street. When I moved schools, she then proceeded to walk my little sister to school everyday up until the age of 11 when she went to 'big school'. I don't think children should be left to walk around on their own, no matter what time of day. Its disgusting some of the children you see walking around on their way to school getting up to no good or shivering their guts out because their parents wouldn't buy them a coat I'd follow the advice of the pp and call the school. I'd even ask the children to walk with you, so the school knows which children they are and then they can deal with the parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madowl Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Your not a snob..... just a mother who cares.. Its disgusting how some people treat their kids... being a caring person does not make you a snob... it makes you human. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 No coats and fizzy pop etc. I can see objections to, but it is not right to judge whether the children are mature enough to go to school on their own, without further information (which we are unlikely to get). I assume that they have got to and from school for a year or two without incident? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seriessix Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Am I being disingenuous or just misguided? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox20thc Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 have you thought it might not be to your own childs benefit to be driven to school? As previously pointed out, I don't drive full stop. I walk my son to school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I walked to school from about the second to last year of primary school onwards and on my way, I started headin to the local newsagents to fill me face with crisps, choccy and liqorice and whatever I fancied. Regardless of if I'd had brekkie or not "most of the time, I had summat like a couple of slices of toast or a bowl of cerial", I'd still have me fill of crap before gettin to school. Now, I aint braggin or owt, but none of my school peers did this, as they lived quite near to the school so they mostly stayed at home till having to set of to school and I ended getting the most from my schooldaze in direct comparison to my peers. You can look at it like "Gosh, there parents mustn't care that much" or "Jeez, that shows independance and self motivation!" . . as they're both the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Id say that you were just being a snob, but id say owt to wind ya up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox20thc Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 I walked to school from about the second to last year of primary school onwards that makes you about 9 years old then. If you see my OP they were alot younger than that, and if I was your mother you wouldn't have been given the money to blow on crap from the shops on your way to school. You would have had some fruit in your pocket incase you got the munchies. * but then again I'm a wooly liberal parent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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