Comments on: It’s National Walk To School Day: Is your kid walking? http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/2009/10/07/its-national-walk-to-school-day-is-your-kid-walking/ A daily guide to raising healthy children without going insane Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:45:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tristan http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/2009/10/07/its-national-walk-to-school-day-is-your-kid-walking/comment-page-2/#comment-13449 Tristan Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:08:37 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/?p=1805#comment-13449 It's a little dangerous to have children walking now a days don't you think? It’s a little dangerous to have children walking now a days don’t you think?

]]> By: JJ http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/2009/10/07/its-national-walk-to-school-day-is-your-kid-walking/comment-page-2/#comment-10674 JJ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:59:05 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/?p=1805#comment-10674 MrLiberty, My Gwinnett County Public School educated child is now in college, making A's & B's. Not too shabby huh? That and she has learned how to be an independant woman, who is NOT afraid to go out into the world and survive and take care of herself. MrLiberty, My Gwinnett County Public School educated child is now in college, making A’s & B’s. Not too shabby huh?

That and she has learned how to be an independant woman, who is NOT afraid to go out into the world and survive and take care of herself.

]]> By: Vork http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/2009/10/07/its-national-walk-to-school-day-is-your-kid-walking/comment-page-2/#comment-10667 Vork Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:21:31 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/?p=1805#comment-10667 @motherjanegoose You know damn well who I am talking about so stop being a bitch...I know it's hard but try anyway. @motherjanegoose

You know damn well who I am talking about so stop being a bitch…I know it’s hard but try anyway.

]]> By: Chuck http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/2009/10/07/its-national-walk-to-school-day-is-your-kid-walking/comment-page-2/#comment-10663 Chuck Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:51:41 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/?p=1805#comment-10663 to MrLiberty ... our son is homeschooled now ... in high school and gets to travel and meet people all over the country. He is doing ok, will graduate a year early and is skinny as a rail ... once he was able to get out to the parks and ride his bike!! Sitting at school and eating the school menu kept some weigth on him ... to MrLiberty … our son is homeschooled now … in high school and gets to travel and meet people all over the country. He is doing ok, will graduate a year early and is skinny as a rail … once he was able to get out to the parks and ride his bike!! Sitting at school and eating the school menu kept some weigth on him …

]]> By: Chuck http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/2009/10/07/its-national-walk-to-school-day-is-your-kid-walking/comment-page-2/#comment-10662 Chuck Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:48:06 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/?p=1805#comment-10662 I was on the SPLOST committee for Gwinnett County this recent round. The county IS trying to add more sidewalks so kids can walk to school ... but if the kid lives across the street from the school the county must provide transportation!!! This was an answer to my question why, when my kids were in elementry school, I saw the bus picking up kids across the street from the school!! OTOH ... parents don't feel comfortable packing their kids up to walk with all the abduction stories!! It's difficult mix of issues. I was on the SPLOST committee for Gwinnett County this recent round. The county IS trying to add more sidewalks so kids can walk to school … but if the kid lives across the street from the school the county must provide transportation!!! This was an answer to my question why, when my kids were in elementry school, I saw the bus picking up kids across the street from the school!!

OTOH … parents don’t feel comfortable packing their kids up to walk with all the abduction stories!! It’s difficult mix of issues.

]]> By: deidre_NC http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/2009/10/07/its-national-walk-to-school-day-is-your-kid-walking/comment-page-2/#comment-10658 deidre_NC Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:55:27 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/?p=1805#comment-10658 who woulda thunk such a benign topic would get so many mean responses..geeze....as far as home schooling..no need to be such a pompas a** about that DAVID...we all dont mind a bit that you homeschool...so whats it to you that some of us dont and didnt? MJG and JG yall crack me up...THERESA!! how do you keep your temper here...i swear i get so mad sometimes at the mean a** people here...grrrrr....... becky and jj- i went to briarlake in the 60's..well..actually started 5th grade there in 1963...then went to lakeside then to henderson when that was built...i grew up on chesterfield drive and thats where i walked to briarlake from..we walked or rode our bikes everywhere...that was in the days where we woke up..did chores and left for the day...as long as we were home by suppertime we were safe...my mom never knew exactly where we were...nor did my friends parents..and they didnt worry...we worry too much these days...here where i live now- to walk is to walk long stretches where there is absolutely no one or no houses around for miles...so its not done a lot...my daughter and her friend would walk between my house and her friends house...about 7 miles one way...but only together...i do like to know that someone would be around if anything happened...and my mom knew that..there were lots of neighbors and there was always someone fairly close by in case any kid needed help. when my kids went to school in georgia the bus rule was if you lived 1 mile or more from the school you could ride the bus...my sons kindegarten was just barely over a mile..so he couldnt...sometimes we would walk away from the school to get past that mile and he would ride...other times i would walk with him..if my work schedule permitted...5 years of age is too young to be walking a mile alone imo...has that mile rule changed? who woulda thunk such a benign topic would get so many mean responses..geeze….as far as home schooling..no need to be such a pompas a** about that DAVID…we all dont mind a bit that you homeschool…so whats it to you that some of us dont and didnt? MJG and JG yall crack me up…THERESA!! how do you keep your temper here…i swear i get so mad sometimes at the mean a** people here…grrrrr…….

becky and jj- i went to briarlake in the 60’s..well..actually started 5th grade there in 1963…then went to lakeside then to henderson when that was built…i grew up on chesterfield drive and thats where i walked to briarlake from..we walked or rode our bikes everywhere…that was in the days where we woke up..did chores and left for the day…as long as we were home by suppertime we were safe…my mom never knew exactly where we were…nor did my friends parents..and they didnt worry…we worry too much these days…here where i live now- to walk is to walk long stretches where there is absolutely no one or no houses around for miles…so its not done a lot…my daughter and her friend would walk between my house and her friends house…about 7 miles one way…but only together…i do like to know that someone would be around if anything happened…and my mom knew that..there were lots of neighbors and there was always someone fairly close by in case any kid needed help.

when my kids went to school in georgia the bus rule was if you lived 1 mile or more from the school you could ride the bus…my sons kindegarten was just barely over a mile..so he couldnt…sometimes we would walk away from the school to get past that mile and he would ride…other times i would walk with him..if my work schedule permitted…5 years of age is too young to be walking a mile alone imo…has that mile rule changed?

]]> By: MrLiberty http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/2009/10/07/its-national-walk-to-school-day-is-your-kid-walking/comment-page-2/#comment-10657 MrLiberty Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:31:12 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/?p=1805#comment-10657 JJ - If you think that homeschooling is about keeping your kid locked up in the kitchen, then you really need to get out more. Sorry your world view is so limited and you don't understand education. It probably is better for your kids that you don't educate them. Probably wouldn't be doing them any service. How unfortunate for them. JJ – If you think that homeschooling is about keeping your kid locked up in the kitchen, then you really need to get out more. Sorry your world view is so limited and you don’t understand education. It probably is better for your kids that you don’t educate them. Probably wouldn’t be doing them any service. How unfortunate for them.

]]> By: ZachsMom http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/2009/10/07/its-national-walk-to-school-day-is-your-kid-walking/comment-page-2/#comment-10655 ZachsMom Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:24:14 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/?p=1805#comment-10655 I went to Idlewood in Dekalb County in the late 70's and we all walked to rode our bikes to school. Now the ninth grade academy where Zach goes is 8 mile from our house and you have to get on the highway. Way out here in Habersham, they have not heard of sidewalks yet because it it still to rural. Having grown up in Dekalb and Gwinnett, it is kinda neat to have only ONE HIGH SCHOOL in the whole county. I went to Idlewood in Dekalb County in the late 70’s and we all walked to rode our bikes to school. Now the ninth grade academy where Zach goes is 8 mile from our house and you have to get on the highway. Way out here in Habersham, they have not heard of sidewalks yet because it it still to rural. Having grown up in Dekalb and Gwinnett, it is kinda neat to have only ONE HIGH SCHOOL in the whole county.

]]> By: Valstake http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/2009/10/07/its-national-walk-to-school-day-is-your-kid-walking/comment-page-2/#comment-10654 Valstake Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:51:13 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/?p=1805#comment-10654 In Jamestown, NY in the late 50s/early 60s if you lived within the city limits you walked to school... no school buses except for those kids who lived on farms. Rain, snow, etc. you walked. I'm still breathing and am healthy. Florida school too far away to walk, but often rode my bike to elementary school. Snakes in the road were simply ridden around, or we'd wait until they moved on. In Connecticut, I rode the school bus; no way to walk/bike. Yeah, I attended lots of schools in different states. One school year, 3 schools, 3 states. Walked, rode the bus, depending which state I was in. In Jamestown, NY in the late 50s/early 60s if you lived within the city limits you walked to school… no school buses except for those kids who lived on farms. Rain, snow, etc. you walked. I’m still breathing and am healthy. Florida school too far away to walk, but often rode my bike to elementary school. Snakes in the road were simply ridden around, or we’d wait until they moved on. In Connecticut, I rode the school bus; no way to walk/bike. Yeah, I attended lots of schools in different states. One school year, 3 schools, 3 states. Walked, rode the bus, depending which state I was in.

]]> By: catlady http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/2009/10/07/its-national-walk-to-school-day-is-your-kid-walking/comment-page-2/#comment-10653 catlady Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:47:19 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/?p=1805#comment-10653 BTW Teresa. please, please, please don't use the Gosslins another single time as a topic for any reason! (Unless they spontaneously combust in front of a national audience, of course). Any other topic (well, the Octomom is also off-limits) but not Jon, Kate, or their children or relatives! BTW Teresa. please, please, please don’t use the Gosslins another single time as a topic for any reason! (Unless they spontaneously combust in front of a national audience, of course). Any other topic (well, the Octomom is also off-limits) but not Jon, Kate, or their children or relatives!

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