Secondary school and getting bus etc

psnKOB79LFC

Child staring secondary school. Thus might involve a 10 minute bus journey and a little walk.

Concerns me... is this normal.

When I was his age I got a bus for 45 mins both ways and walked twice the distance. Seems differant now though

What does one do... We both work so can't collect and droP to the door

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It is normal to be concerned, but think it is a normal enough journey for a 12 year old.
My biggest concern would be kids using their phones/ earphones and crossing roads. I read an RSA statistic recently that the highest rate of pedestrian deaths are 1 st years for this very reason ( sorry to add to your concerns but just drill it into him from the start how dangerous that is)

alchemist33

psnKOB79LFC wrote: »

Child staring secondary school. Thus might involve a 10 minute bus journey and a little walk.

Concerns me... is this normal.

When I was his age I got a bus for 45 mins both ways and walked twice the distance. Seems differant now though

What does one do... We both work so can't collect and droP to the door

I had a 45 min cycle each way at that age! But am in a similar situation this week. I think it is pretty normal and once the child has done it a few times it'll seem totally natural. I, and you, will wonder why we ever worried.

LegacyUser

Totally normal. I had a 15 min walk, a 15 min train journey and a 10 min walk.

I'm in Dublin. Looking around me every day I see teens (12 - 18 years of age) on the DART from Raheny over to Blackrock (25 min dart journey). Kids on the DART to Lansdowne then picking up a school bus outside the station to go another bit. Kids going from Balbriggan/Skerries/Rush/Lusk/Donabate/Malahide into Loreto on the Green/CUS Leeson street (a good 45 min train journey) and sometimes further to southside schools.Our local secondary school is a good 25 min walk along a busy road, crowds of them do it every day, or pick up the bus instead of walking. Actually, I regularly see primary school kids on their own on the trains and buses too, 5th/6th class ages. And there are a couple of kids in the primary schools around us that get the bus to and from school.

I think you're forgetting that he won't be alone. There are literally gangs of teens in uniforms waiting for buses/trains and walking all over the country and definitely all over the city. It's good for them, to be honest, rather than being ferried and carried everywhere.And within a couple of weeks he'll probably have a couple of pals that he knows doing it with him.

psnKOB79LFC

Thanks, nice to hear I am not alone.