Older kids and the school bus...

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Registered: 05-30-2003
Older kids and the school bus...
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Fri, 03-11-2005 - 2:27pm

Hi Everyone! Ok, listen to this...

My daughter, who is in the third grade, has been asking me for a couple of weeks to pick her up from school, instead of making her ride the bus. I asked her why she wanted me to pick her up, and she would say that she just doesn't like to be on the bus that long.

Her school is only about 5 minutes away from where we live, but I don't drive her because there is not very adequate parking, and even if your child is considered a "walker" (walkers also fall in the catagory of kids that are picked up by their parents), I have park my car, walk down a huge hill, go inside the school, sign the list, wait for the office to call her name, then she will come to the lobby.

It's in the middle of winter, and I have to do all of this with a 2 year old on my hip and a 4 year old walking beside me. Since there are so many parents who pick their children up, there are cars driving all over the place, which makes me nervous because I have my little ones with me.

Last night, once again, she asked me to please pick her up from school. I told her that it was really hard for me with the little ones, then she started to cry. She admitted that it wasnt the time she had to spend on the bus that bothered her, it was the older kids on the bus that continuously talked about sex and explicit sexual activities, as well as swearing.

One older boy came up to my daughter and told her that if she wants to have a boyfriend someday, she will have to have sex with her boyfriend!

Now, needless to say, my daughter is not riding the bus anymore. I don't care if I have to do somersaults to her school, she will no longer ride the bus. I can't go to the school over this, because the older kids will get into trouble and of course, take it out on my daughter. UGH.

I don't know what gets into kids these days. My heart is just aching because of the lack of empathy in children anymore.

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Registered: 11-23-2004
Mon, 03-14-2005 - 10:36am
Well, my school district does NOT tell the student or the parent who came to them, with the complaint. That is how a school that knows how to deal with bullying and such things is run. If your school district has the policy of telling the student or the students parent who came to them, then they need to rethink thier policies!

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