Originally Posted by MakeMeGrrrrowl

I have 3 kids, I spent a good bit of time as a single mother. I have never used day care, I have never had a babysitter that wasn't immediate family, I have never left them at a bus stop alone.

I either found jobs that worked around my kids, or made sure adult family could be around to help with my kids.

11 year old kids kill other kids. You just posted a story about a 9 year old getting lured into an alley and getting shot. Why the fuck would I leave my kids walk to or from school alone?

Hell fucking no.