What age for walking to school alone?

[~*familyof3*~]

The reason they say 10and up is apparently due to their eye sight....something like that.
But that being said.....ive always judged it based on the child. Are they responsible enough,how far away is it, whats the area like ect ect
No one knows your child better than you

[~clover~]

I live across the road from the school. DS is 5 & goes alone a fair bit. I'll watch him cross the road from the window, just so he knows I'm watching & looks properly. I'm in a tiny town & if cars come this way to drop kids off there's maybe 7 cars at most. And that's only if its raining. The whole town is close enough to walk, or out of town & on the bus.

It depends on where you live, how far you are from the school, how much traffic there is etc. I could live across from the school in the middle of Sydney & I'd be walking them! It also depends on the child & their maturity & awareness of their surroundings.

[lee_bee]

Maybe the school is saying 10 because they are finding a lot of younger children already walking alone and are concerned. I think it's actually law that children under 10 are supposed to be accompanied to cross the road.

I have a friend, who lives on the same street as our school, who has let her children walk to school for quite a while. The oldest child was 8, walking her 6 year old brother. I live one street back from the school, my oldest is almost 9 and I won't be letting him walk without an adult for a long while lol.