Living Car Free - Is it too dangerous to let kids ride bikes to school?

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What a world, huh? ;)

I'm just amazed at how structured these camps are. When I went to summer camp, and this wasn't all that long ago, it was a week long residential camp. We had to be at breakfast, lunch and dinner; evening programs if there were any and our troop stuff. The majority of the time they just let us have at it and schedule our own week. We were responsible to get ourselves where we needed to and when. Then again I went to scout camp, which probably made all the difference. Still have a few awesome scars from some great summers...

My former school district has always had a 1 mile rule for grades 5+ where they wouldn't run buses. due to budget shortfalls they have increased this to 2 miles. they also started limiting the number of student drivers to high school, due to limited number of parking spaces. I have no idea if it has increased the number of ppl riding their bikes.
Great. Two miles is where it was when I was a kid. I lived near the boundary, I walked or biked. We crossed US 1., and a busy arterial. The best part was hitting the dumpster behind the cabinet shop on the way home and loading up on material for our tree houses. No, dad didn't build them we designed and built them ourselves. Formica covered floors, mixed pattern fake oak veneer walls- why not? Some of the kids who lived beyond the 2 mile limit rode their bikes just for fun. The bus doesn't take those cool detours.

Great. Two miles is where it was when I was a kid. I lived near the boundary, I walked or biked. We crossed US 1., and a busy arterial. The best part was hitting the dumpster behind the cabinet shop on the way home and loading up on material for our tree houses. No, dad didn't build them we designed and built them ourselves. Formica covered floors, mixed pattern fake oak veneer walls- why not? Some of the kids who lived beyond the 2 mile limit rode their bikes just for fun. The bus doesn't take those cool detours.

I always had to walk to school, and I think that had something to do with deciding to be carfree years later. Also, like most families at the time, we only had one car. When Dad had the car at work every weekday, the rest of us were carfree. I have a lot of happy memories of taking the bus to downtown Detroit with Mom and my sister, and eating lunch in the big Hudson's department store. I loved when we went on "nature hikes" with her also.

not allowing kids to walk or ride to school, forcing them to bus or go by car I think is negligence. makes the little ones move. that is what they need.

coudl a school do anything if I were to ingore their policy and bike the kids to school?

kids should be clmibing trees, playing in fields, using carving knives adn scissors.... really, sticking them in front of TV or only allowing them to organized sports prevetns them from learning how to solve problems..... pretty stupid and mean if you ask me.

in the HS I teach at there are about 500 kids and about 20 who come on bike rain or shine and about 100 who come on good weather days....

there are 3 of us teachers who come rain or shine and we keep telling parents to let their kids bike in.... it is faster, cheaper and more fun than cars and publictransportation....

and there are all sorts of coolpit stops that can be made... dumpsters, metal working shops, silscreening shops, etc... i have tons of free arts supplies for our school from these stops... and I cart them all in on my bike...

robi