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Helicopter Parenting
Posted on 8/18/24 at 11:43 am
Posted on 8/18/24 at 11:43 am
I was reading the posts on a social media page, it was about those damn carpool lines blocking streets every afternoon. What was interesting was that this particular school is a high school and many of the parents state that they don't think it's safe for their HS students to walk 2 blocks to school. This school is not a ghetto school, it is in the mean streets of Shenandoah, do they have some bad kids there, likely, but you rarely see it in the police reports.
What also strikes me as crazy is that the reason many parents give is not about crime, it's about street safety. They don't think their high schoolers have to ability to look both ways and cross a street. It seems that if you are in HS and you don't know how to cross a street safely, what happens when they go to college in a real city?
Maybe because I come from a different time and used to have to take 2 city buses to get to HS in New Orleans, that I think this is ridiculous.
What also strikes me as crazy is that the reason many parents give is not about crime, it's about street safety. They don't think their high schoolers have to ability to look both ways and cross a street. It seems that if you are in HS and you don't know how to cross a street safely, what happens when they go to college in a real city?
Maybe because I come from a different time and used to have to take 2 city buses to get to HS in New Orleans, that I think this is ridiculous.
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Posted on 8/18/24 at 11:44 am to andouille
Have you met the average high schooler?
I thought we were retarded....
I thought we were retarded....
Posted on 8/18/24 at 11:45 am to andouille
If you dig deep enough into their brains, I think you would find that waiting in the carpool line is how they pretend to be “busy” while fricking around on social media for an hour.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 11:52 am to andouille
Most of the kids I know that go there (which is pretty many bc I have two high school aged kids) don’t live in Shenandoah- so someone has to pick them up. The kids I know that live in the neighborhood walk.
EBR school busses suck and CATs sucks
I also used to take the RTA to high school, not an option in Baton Rouge.
So I don’t understand where you think these kids should walk to??
EBR school busses suck and CATs sucks
I also used to take the RTA to high school, not an option in Baton Rouge.
So I don’t understand where you think these kids should walk to??
Posted on 8/18/24 at 11:59 am to GreenRockTiger
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So I don’t understand where you think these kids should walk to??
I would think that a large portion of Shenandoah, White Oak Landing and Lake at White Oak are close enough to walk or bike to, weather permitting, Kids in grade school in Metairie used to handle that kind of short distance.
Is there something wrong about riding your bike a couple of miles to school? Students outside of the perimeter do likely need transport.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:02 pm to andouille
I’d rather my kid not bike 2 miles to school… and not bc of safety.
It’s hot asf outside- not a good look to have your clothes and hair drenched in sweat going to school. Not comfortable either.
That being said… I’m jr high me and my buddies walked home everyday about 3 miles
It’s hot asf outside- not a good look to have your clothes and hair drenched in sweat going to school. Not comfortable either.
That being said… I’m jr high me and my buddies walked home everyday about 3 miles
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:09 pm to xBirdx
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I’d rather my kid not bike 2 miles to school… and not bc of safety.
It’s hot asf outside- not a good look to have your clothes and hair drenched in sweat going to school. Not comfortable either.
That being said… I’m jr high me and my buddies walked home everyday about 3 miles
But you got acclimated to it, the same as the kids at football practice. Made you tougher and more fit.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:10 pm to andouille
quote:I’m not disagreeing - but are there sidewalks over there to make the walking easy? That curve at the end of George O’Neal would be great for a kid to get hit - especially on a bike.
I would think that a large portion of Shenandoah, White Oak Landing and Lake at White Oak are close enough to walk or bike to
quote:I used to walk to St. Anthony on Canal from St. Ann St by city park - not even a mile but it was the 90s in NOLA
Kids in grade school in Metairie used to handle that kind of short distance.
The people of St. George do not want to do any peasant walking - they want to show off their suburbans, Yukons, and range rovers.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:12 pm to andouille
My daughter is 10 and I let her ride her bike 3/4 mile to school.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:16 pm to andouille
We drove and picked up our kids until high school ... simply cause the bus routes were incredibly stupid and our kids who lived .7 miles from the school would be on the bus for an hour (sometimes 1.5 hours) on every trip to and from school ...
Bus routes are obviously organized by DMV leadership for their inefficiency.
And there were no sidewalks to our school (right off a road with 45 mph ... except school zone which most folks didn't adhere to ...)
Bus routes are obviously organized by DMV leadership for their inefficiency.
And there were no sidewalks to our school (right off a road with 45 mph ... except school zone which most folks didn't adhere to ...)
This post was edited on 8/18/24 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:16 pm to andouille
At least my highschooler walks the neighborhood... he isn't even the slightest bit interested in driving though... looking at insurance rates I am torn on this issue right now...
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:19 pm to GreenRockTiger
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I’m not disagreeing - but are there sidewalks over there to make the walking easy? That curve at the end of George O’Neal would be great for a kid to get hit - especially on a bike.
You can easily get from Bull Run to Jones Creek, one end of Shenandoah to the other, without leaving a sidewalk or neighborhood street. But kids always know "a shortcut through the woods".
This post was edited on 8/18/24 at 12:20 pm
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:23 pm to andouille
quote:how do you know kids aren’t doing this? And to be honest - there are a lot of drugs at the high schools
You can easily get from Bull Run to Jones Creek, one end of Shenandoah to the othe
I know several kids that are my oldest child’s age that were kicked out of various high schools for drugs maybe their parents are trying to keep them safe.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:26 pm to andouille
Whenever I hear this phrase, I think of Kobe Bryant
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:34 pm to GreenRockTiger
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how do you know kids aren’t doing this? And to be honest - there are a lot of drugs at the high schools
I know several kids that are my oldest child’s age that were kicked out of various high schools for drugs maybe their parents are trying to keep them safe.
I've been through that with my kids, the problem is that you can't watch them all the time. THey have to have to tools to fend off the peer pressure and temptation when you are not able to keep them from it.
It's likely they will slip up, you have to prepare for that too. We got through it without a major problem, we were lucky. Both son and daughter went to schools with drugs available.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:39 pm to andouille
I never considered myself a helicopter parent at all, but my daughter was not going anywhere alone - without me, a reliable substitute me/parent, or a security detail. She was a very beautiful child and reactions of people to her could be a bit surreal or bizarre. And one of her cousins had been kidnapped and murdered. If I had a boy, little Lightning, Jr. would have been cut loose.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:44 pm to xBirdx
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It’s hot asf outside- not a good look to have your clothes and hair drenched in sweat going to school. Not comfortable either.
At 7:45 AM? B*tch please
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:50 pm to andouille
Some schools don’t allow walkers, period. I know Prairieville Middle doesn’t allow walkers even if your house borders the school. So dumb. I’m sure the reason is safety (no sidewalks or even shoulders), but it only exacerbates the problem.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:53 pm to dsides
When I left for work yesterday at 6:15, it was 83 degrees
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:53 pm to andouille
have you seen the way people drive?
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