Originally Posted by
PlanoFuji
I'd be surprised if High School students (beyond the freshman/sophmore level) don't take grief if they rely on their parents for driving them to/from school...
As to your grand son. I suspect that if he really wanted to walk to school he would. Mother's don't tend to have much say in what teens do, particularly if their father's don't support the mother's position.
Like I said in the OP, almost all of the high school kids were being picked up by somebody in a car. It seems to be normative behavior. It might be different where you live.