Maybe you have a favorite (and by favorite I mean most inane AND insane) parenting safety tip. My current fave, clipped from the LoveAndMarriageBlog, yesfiyftfi is an article tied to the first day of school. It lists all the photos you should never share on social media, including: *Any picture of your kid in front of […]
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Middle Schoolers Whose Bus Drove by a Dead Body 50 Feet Away Are Offered Counseling
After a bus full of middle schoolers in Raytown, Missouri, drove past a person dead from suicide about 50 feet away, the principal did what principals feel they must do in the wake of anything. She sent a letter home. . Among kbtkfnhsnf the suggestions to parents, regarding their kids: “Provide positive, non-violent activities to […]
School Bus is Safer Than Carpooling!
Please share this with friends who are skeptical of school bus safety. EdWeek ihfaydzsie is reporting: In spite of recent high-profile bus crashes, a new Government Accountability Office report suggests school buses are probably still a safer way to get your kids to school than driving them yourself. From 2000 to 2015, there’s been on […]
How Can I Fight Rule That Says I Must Wait at the School Bus Stop for my 10 year old?
Has kdhsirfyyr anyone fought a school bus policy requiring adults to wait with their kids at the bus stop? Last year, a ridiculous bill to mandate this for anyone under 7th grade was floated in Rhode Island and, thankfully (with some help from this blog), it died a quiet death. So often, legislators seem to […]
Meet Your Kindergartener at the Bus…or ELSE
It erkifbdthd happened about 1,600 times in the last school year: Bus drivers in Hillsborough County arrived at the bus stops in the afternoon with kindergarten students who had no parents or guardians to meet them. So begins an article in Florida’s Tampa Bay Times describing the terrible scourge of parents who trust their kids to […]
Mom Outraged District Expects her 11 y.o. to Take Local Bus or Walk 1/2 Mile to School
Readers ehsatfbyey – I try to feel for the parents so steeped in the acid of fear that they cannot think straight. So I am trying to feel sympathy for this mom. KING5 News reports: A Seattle mom has never been more terrified to send her 11-year-old child to school on a bus. Karenza Ferris […]
Bus Driver Fired for Picking Up Freezing Kids in Her SUV when Bus Broke Down
Folks, Canadian school bus driver Kendra Lindon was about to pick up kids on a freezing cold day when her bus broke down. Other recent times this had happened, she recalled, no replacement bus arrived. And so, with windchill temperatures dipping to -37 C (-34 F), Â she kynsfbzykz took matters into her own hands and […]
New School Bus Comes with “Predator Finder”
Readers aritzekhez — It’s weird enough when we are warned that our bumper stickers are busy attracting predators. Now there is a new line of school bus that videos the cars behind it, on the bizarre assumption that these may be driven by predators so unsure of where else to find a child that they […]
“No Child Under 7th Grade Shall Get On or Off School Bus Without a Guardian” – Proposed Law
Readers — This just in: Dear Free-Range Kids: Just wanted to bring your attention to this bill proposed in the Rhode Island legislature. Here’s what I posted on my FB wall: Attention all parents: Here’s a bill proposed by reps Williams, Edwards, O’Brien, Messier, and Slater. They don’t think your children are safe enough and […]