August 16, 2005

Bus Stop

This morning's bus stop game involved taking rocks from my yard and my neighbor's, and throwing them - at each other, at the house.... This involved running into and across the street without regard to any cars that might be driving by. I got dressed and went out to tell them to stop, but how is this my job?

These are not big kids, these are small fries. Little kids do stupid things like throw rocks at each other and run into the street when there is no adult there to stop them. It didn't help that the bus was late today so these kids had to amuse themselves for 45 minutes, again.

If one of them had gotten beaned in the head with a rock, would I be liable since they were in my yard? Or would it be my neighbor's responsibility since his rocks were the actual dangerous ones (mine are pretty tiny, his are big enough to do damage)? If one of these kids trips on his shoelaces and cracks his head open on my driveway, are the parents going to come after me? The parents that are nowhere to be found.

Seriously, people, it is a dangerous world - if you, or someone you trust, can't wait with your kids (remember, these are young children) at the bus stop, find another way to get them to school. Don't assume there will be an adult in the vicinity to handle your responsibility. Or perhaps you should assume there is an adult in the area - one you don't want near your child.

Posted by Vox at August 16, 2005 01:38 PM | personal
Comments

Do you by chance have an home owner's association? If you do, this would be a good thing to bring up at the next meeting or put in the newsletter or something. But I have a feeling you don't have one since you are in an older neighborhood. Maybe you should get together with the neighbors and have a block party and then slip it in to people about what is going on. Just some ideas.

Posted by: Lori at August 16, 2005 09:45 PM

Call the school. They may be able to exert some pressure on the kids and maybe inform the parents. The threat of losing the bus riding privileges might make them straighten up.

Posted by: Anonymous at August 19, 2005 12:06 PM