Originally Posted By Ken A
Originally Posted By lord-richfield
..take their kids all of 1/4 mile to school


Now i have to speak. When i was at secondary school i walked about 2 miles to school every morning, then home for lunch, back to school and then home at the end of school day, 5 days a week, all school terms, nothing missed (including sun, rain, snow, fog (smog) etc. So why is this "car to school" necessary???


Because thanks to media hysteria, parents imagine there is a paedo on every street corner. Truth is there are no more perverts now than there were then, most kids knew who to avoid, and the whole business wasnt then elevated to the importance it now has.

It doesnt help that the old concept of housing round the factory and a school nearby has gone as work has moved to city centre offices and workers have moved away. With ever more mothers communing the result is inevitable.