cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/10212084

Never wait in the school car line again. Here’s how. For the first time in decades, a small but critical mass of children are riding their bikes safely to school again in the US.

  • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
    102·
    6 months ago

    I don’t have kids, and I haven’t gone to school in…checks calendar…a very long time. WTF do some parents drive kids to school when there are school busses? What am I out of the loop on? We either walked or took the bus when I was a kid. Don’t the parents have shit to do?

    • Daniel QuinnEnglish
      13·
      6 months ago

      A lot of places don’t have buses and the roads aren’t safe for kids to cycle anymore. The assumption is that if you’re a parent, you just have to “make time” some-crazy-how.

      • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        6 months ago

        Thanks for the explanation. I should have known it’s the usual lack of proper infrastructure.

      • bitchkat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        Latch key kids are also not as much of a thing anymore. I absolutely loved when my mom worked so we’d get that couple of hours of unsupervised time to ourselves.