did anyone else never have parents pick them up from school?

emily1890 · Mar 01, 2024 at 05:08 AM

it's one thing I clearly remember from my school days

I was literally the only child in the entire school who didn't have a parent or guardian waiting for them at home time

I used to take a taxi back, and would dread it because when I got home I would have my evening beatings from mother.

Possible trigger:

if she was drunk that day, they would be twice as hard

CANDC · Mar 01, 2024 at 09:45 PM

@emily1890 times have changed. When I went to school I walked home alone even as a first grader.

I think the reason your mom did not pick you up has a lot to do with how you feel if I take a guess.

I think all the things I went through made me who I am today so I try not to look back with regret, but I catch myself doing that still.

CANDC

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Nammu · Mar 01, 2024 at 11:04 PM

I took the bus. Even from kindergarten.

divine1966 · Mar 02, 2024 at 04:31 AM

I walked to school in elementary school. It was a few streets over from us. In the middle and high school I took public transportation. My school was quite far from home. We didn’t have school bus system. Times changed so much. I rode all kind of city buses starting age 10. I can’t imagine kids doing it now. I lived in the city snd everyone was doing it. So it wasn’t neglectful on my parents part. It was a way of life.

Discombobulated · Mar 02, 2024 at 07:49 AM

I’m sorry you went through abuse.

I walked to and from school myself from around 7 but that was the norm for my generation. My son was 10 because expectations had changed and traffic had increased.

Beating children has always been wrong.

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Nammu Crone Member Since May 2010 Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system. Posts: 73,808 (SuperPoster!) 14 56.9k hugs given	Mar 01, 2024 at 11:04 PM #3 I took the bus. Even from kindergarten. __________________ *Nammu* …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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Discombobulated Elder Member Since Oct 2019 Location: UK Posts: 5,172 (SuperPoster!) 5 12.4k hugs given	Mar 02, 2024 at 07:49 AM #5 I’m sorry you went through abuse. I walked to and from school myself from around 7 but that was the norm for my generation. My son was 10 because expectations had changed and traffic had increased. Beating children has always been wrong.
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