Every day on the way to and from work, I go past an elementary/junior high school. It’s located in a neighbourhood full of houses and apartments. It’s very family oriented and safe for kids. However, what I don’t understand is why there are so many cars lined up everyday to drop off their kids and pick them up from school. There are clearly signs posted that state “No stopping/parking between 8am – 4pm”, yet these cars are glued there. Not only do they cause all kinds of congestion, but they make it quite hard to see if kids are at the crosswalk or not.
Do these parents not let their kids get some exercise and walk to school??? Why do the police not ticket these cars or at least tell them to move?
This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.
soccer moms are getting heavier these days…while a soccer mom may or may not be a bit of a trophy depending upon one’s state of mind, an obviously puffing, out of shape one is strictly a niche market. better let them have the parking.
Or maybe mom and dad both have to be at their job and don’t have the time to walk their kid to school and then stand around waiting for a bus that may or may not be on time. Assumptions…assumptions….
That many parents don’t have the time to walk their kids to school everyday? How many of us had our parents walk us to school? I think it’s some unfounded fear that their precious little ones need to be watched over day & night and not be allowed to walk to school with their friends in case they somehow get nabbed by the boogie man.
The boogie-rapist-serial killing pedophile, actually. Don’t you know he comes out in broad daylight?
Well, 30 years ago Daddy went to work and Mommy stayed at home to do the house stuff. I still walked to school back then, but yeah, times have changed. How many kids do you walk to school so far? Let us know how that works out for you when you do, ok?
I don’t have any kids to walk, but all the people that I know who have kids, walk them. They don’t make up poor excuses and sit on their arses all day driving everywhere, especially down the street. Let your kids live a little and discover what WALKING to school WITH their friends.So from your post, does that make you one of the lazy people who sits there in their car all day idling while waiting for your child to come out of school so that you can drive down the street back and back to your home, where you sit on the sofa stuffing your face while watching tv and not interacting with your child?
wow this is ridiculous. I was at JL Isley high to pick up my sister who normally takes the bus and there were all these people in cars blocking up the road. I couldn’t believe the stupidity. I must say I never experienced that at Citadel.