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Re:School closures led to more sleep and better quality of l... by AmericanChopper on Saturday January 08, 2022 @04:13AM (#29849974)
> As others have said, in Europe (at least in the cities where I grew up) transportation is not an issue.

Having spent many hours on the Parisian metro, there’s no chance I’d let my children anywhere near it. Even supervised.

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Re:School closures led to more sleep and better quality of l... by ivegotnoaccount on Saturday January 08, 2022 @05:25AM (#29850296)
Lived in paris for ~23 years, and took public transports to go to school everyday starting from secondary school (~11 years old). Same was going for my siblings, and a huge part of my classmates, including those that needed to take the RER.

The metro can be unsafe at night, but usually not at times where children commute.

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Re:School closures led to more sleep and better quality of l... by laurencerowe on Saturday January 08, 2022 @04:51AM (#29850136)
Anywhere you have enough density for a metro local schools are going to be within walking distance.
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Re:School closures led to more sleep and better quality of l... by AmericanChopper on Saturday January 08, 2022 @04:53AM (#29850148)
Ah yes. The Parisian streets. Much safer.
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Re:School closures led to more sleep and better quality of l... by gpvos on Saturday January 08, 2022 @05:49AM (#29850461)
What would be your solution? I hope not the car, that ruins children's self-reliance and is generally to be avoided. Also clutters the streets.
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