It’s probably not helping that ours looks a fair bit younger than she is (or so I’m told, she looks six to me in the sense that she is larger than she was when she was five, but she’s the oldest and the smallest kid in her little school). I sometimes have to point at her and make a facial expression for the benefit of supervising neighbors when I’m walking her, especially if she runs ahead.
Sort of, but it depends where you live. Younger kids walking to school is unusual at this point, but it used to be super prevalent, and where we live there are still crossing guards. There are cases where I’m worried that the local authorities (the Department of Children and Families, DCF) would see things differently and we could get in trouble, but this isn’t really one of them?
It’s probably not helping that ours looks a fair bit younger than she is (or so I’m told, she looks six to me in the sense that she is larger than she was when she was five, but she’s the oldest and the smallest kid in her little school). I sometimes have to point at her and make a facial expression for the benefit of supervising neighbors when I’m walking her, especially if she runs ahead.
This is probably very location sensitive, are you both in the UK?
Nope, Bay Area.
We’re both in the US, though different cities (I’m in Boston)
Oh, in the US this is dangerous, isn’t it? (I mean, legally)
Sort of, but it depends where you live. Younger kids walking to school is unusual at this point, but it used to be super prevalent, and where we live there are still crossing guards. There are cases where I’m worried that the local authorities (the Department of Children and Families, DCF) would see things differently and we could get in trouble, but this isn’t really one of them?