do your kids ride the bus, at what age did you let them?`

Depends on how young she is.Is there any of her friends you would trust to keep an eye on her?The more the merrier.If yes, dont worry at all.I would walk my way to school with my best friend, about 10minutes journey, since i was 7.However, these are different times, things go worse as years pass by :(

Well, it really depends. My husband or I used to drop our kids at school when we could, sometimes aunt would drop them off, but at some point it was not possible for us to do so anymore. MY daughter was 12 - and at that time she wanted to go by herself anyways. My son was 9 and we used to leave him at hubby's aunt earlier and then she would take him to school which was very close to her home. But my daughter was in another school so she ended up walking up with her friends or take the bus. I"m not sure how old your daughter is so I can't get an idea about your situation. I was quite anxious at first but in time it became easier as I saw that my daughter was quite responsible.

My son rode the bust starting when he was in Pre-K 4, so 4 years of age. He loved it! Being in 2nd grade he doesn't enjoy the bus anymore. The school is about 10 minutes from our home, but the afternoon bus driver is always late picking the kids up so it takes them about 30-40 minutes to actually get home.

i have a 14 year old step-daughter, we do not let her take the bus only because she has to stand at the bus stop. recently a girl 13 was standing at the bus stop and was grabed by 2 men thankfully she got away from them but my only concerns with the bus stops is the kids standing there because the bus can sometimes arive late, you never know. this stop where the girl was is only 3 houses up from mine, i cant stand at the bus stop because i have a 2 year old and a 6 month old. unless your sure that someone adult will be there you cant trust letting your kids wait for a bus. now a bus comes to our door to pick her up that i think is great. i think if you have the time to wait with your kids at a bus stop then i think its probably fun for them to take the bus they feel like big kids. me personaly probably wont let my 2 little ones take the bus because like alot of the moms here i would want to be the last one to see them off and the first to see them after school .

My son goes to school by bus and he started it at 4yrs. here in India we have conductors for all school buses and most of them are very trustworthy coz if anything happens to a child while in the bus, ultimately it would be the responsibility of the school. So school authorities take extra care to see that the bus conductors are well-behaved towards the children. Even then, mishaps do occur. But I think you can let the child ride the bus, you can see her off and go to the bus stop to pick her up from there.

How old is your daughter - tell us more. BTW If you really enjoy dropping her off, do it. I drove my son to school until he was in high school and he loved it. Much better then the bus, even though he got stuck at school almost an hour early every day.

My daughter rode the bus in Kindergarten and 1st grade. She didn't have a choice. I didn't have a car of my own and the only way to get to the school was to drive (it was about 1/4 mile away on the top of this huge hill and none of the streets leading to it had sidewalks to walk on--and were very narrow, busy streets--very dangerous). The first time she was ever on a school bus the very first day of Kindergarten. She was 5 years old (recently turned 5) and it was also only the 2nd day she had ever stepped foot in her school and the 1st day she met her teacher. She did great. That year was the last year the school had half day Kindergarten. She was in the afternoon and the little bus picked up her up at 11:30. Then she got dropped off at 3:30 on the big bus that was K-6. She made lots of friends in all different grades on the bus. We moved over the summer, though, and now I walk the kids to school because it is only a couple blocks away. I much preferred only having to go to the corner to wait for the bus, though.

My daughter was 5 when she started kindergarten and she rode the bus. My wife and I did not have any problems with that. The bus came right in front of the house and I walked her down to the bus and watched her get on. When she got to school the teacher was there to make sure that her and the other kids got off the bus ok. Now she is in 1st grade she has to walk to the corner to get the bus and I am there every morning to make sure she gets on ok. Also it is a busy street and I want to make sure nothing else happens.

I would suggest that if you could drop your daughter personally yourself to do it. One of the things you can do is making friends with some of the children at elder age and making your child friends with these children and these children will take care of your child while riding the bus. Another thing you could do is find the children who gets out of the same stop and make friends with your child and they will move like a group. I think this will helps your child from going to kindergarten by riding the bus.

My son first rode the school bus when he was in preschool. He went to daycare in the morning and the bus picked him and 3 other daycare kids up and took them to school and brought them back.

My daughter rides a bus to preschool she started riding it when she was 3 the bus driver picks up just prechool kids and takes them it saves alot of money for me as I don't have to pay for the gas to take her then. She loves riding on the bus.

I know it is hard, but it is perfectly okay for her to ride the bus. Lots of kids her age do. They have working parents or live too far out for their kids to be picked up. If you really really concerned, talk with the bus driver. I know it is hard letting them grow up and feeling like you are loosing the options that you have as a stay at home mom...but it will all work out. Good luck!