Reply #15: We live in a good neighborhood, [View All]

[MrsMatt]

albeit on a busy street.

Our 10 year old daughter's school is 2 miles from our house. However, her school is a block away from an expensive private K-12 school, and she'd need to pass it on the way. There have been many times that I've come close to either hitting or being hit by a high school student behind the wheel of a car - because it is a residential area, I don't think that they pay as close attention to traffic.

My husband won't let her ride the bus either - when he was in school, he was bullied on the bus and he's adament that she not suffer the same as he did.

I drive her to and from school, but it's on the way to work/home (and so is our son's daycare), so the net cost is very minimal in terms of resources used.