Hi. I don't think you're being paranoid at all. The pick-up after school situation never fails to provoke over-protectiveness in me, whether I'm in the role of a teacher or a mom.
I never have and probably never will allow my child to walk home from school.
Are you posting in the Tori case, where she just disappears with a woman after school?
Hi concentric,
No, I haven't been following the Tori case too closely. I'm concerned with that one as well, and haven't posted, as I don't want to jump the gun. But if you're anyone like me, I would never let my 8 year old walk home from school. Why did the parents wait until the evening to report her missing?
On the evening of April 8, 2009, police in Woodstock, Ont. were notified that Tori had gone missing after she didn't come home from school. Police say that after classes let out, it would have taken Tori only a matter of minutes to walk from her school to where she was seen on video.
My son's school is just down the road, and is probably a 10 minute walk -- still I will not let him walk - ever. Where were Tori's parents when she didn't show up at 3:45 (school let out at 3:30).
I guess that's why I haven't posted (but we'll keep that between the 2 of us).
All the best,
Melanie