New California law requires high schools to start later

Re:New California law requires high schools to start later by throwaway2016a on Friday July 01, 2022 @05:48PM (#31953449)

While as a parent myself I agree but this is high school. Generally speaking someone who's 13 or older should be able to make their way onto a bus without an adult. When I was that age (granted this was the 90s) I had a key to the house and was trusted to let myself in when I got back.

What's worse is the end of day. My kid is younger and I need to be at the bus stop at 3:50 PM every day to meet her.

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Re:New California law requires high schools to start later by jghn on Friday July 01, 2022 @06:22PM (#31953776)

I walked by myself a quarter mile to kindergarten. I walked by myself to a bus stop through the rest of my school days until myself & friends started driving. Most of those years I came home to an empty house at the end of the school day.

Not sure why this is a big deal. Kids can manage on their own.

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Re:New California law requires high schools to start later by WalterBright on Friday July 01, 2022 @07:13PM (#31954257)

Starting at kindergarten, I always made my own way to work. Walk or bike. At one time school was 3 miles away.

After school, sometimes I'd hunt a bear for dinner.

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Re:New California law requires high schools to start later by kzrdude on Friday July 01, 2022 @07:40PM (#31954460)

Nowadays that wouldn't be possible. Think about all the food waste generated when hunting a whole bear for just one meal.

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Re:New California law requires high schools to start later by radley on Friday July 01, 2022 @07:52PM (#31954542)

Uphill... both ways.

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Re:New California law requires high schools to start later by WalterBright on Friday July 01, 2022 @07:10PM (#31954228)

> 13 or older

Jeez, we've really infantilized our kids.

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Re:New California law requires high schools to start later by pc86 on Friday July 01, 2022 @08:03PM (#31954626)

What's infantilizing about recognizing that most people attending high school are 13 or older?

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Re:New California law requires high schools to start later by throwaway2016a on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @04:23PM (#32088287)

Really late reply but exactly this. I said 13 because this was an article about highschool, which for most people starts at 13.

Though, with that said, I don't know what is the youngest age I could generalize it with. Depends so much on the maturity of the child and also how far where you live is from the bus stop. But I think it is safe to say that age is equal to or less than 13.

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Re:New California law requires high schools to start later by daveoc64 on Friday July 01, 2022 @08:37PM (#31954828)

Well, yes, we do tend to treat children as children.

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Re:New California law requires high schools to start later by Johnny555 on Friday July 01, 2022 @06:24PM (#31953795)

I'm a bit older than you, and when I was 10 my parents had no qualms with leaving me home alone (along with my younger sister).

But this was a time when neighbors knew each other well and you could go next door for help if you needed it. (and also if you did something dumb, you could count on your mom finding out from a neighbor)

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Re:New California law requires high schools to start later by ysopex on Saturday July 02, 2022 @07:02AM (#31957962)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/06/bus-denver-...

Sorry, my kids aren't riding the bus.

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