Sometimes, I think I'm a mite bit overprotective of Thing1 and Thing2, but one of my neighbors beats me, hands down.
She home-schools her two middleschool-aged girls, but sends her 1st grader to the military school here on base. This kid is 6, perhaps 7 years old.
The bus stop for our area of the neighborhood stops at this woman's driveway. YET... every day, she drives her 1st grader to school and picks him up in the afternoon. The carpool lines are LONG and she leaves 25 minutes before the bus arrives. I am usually standing in her driveway in the afternoon and have to move aside to let her back into her driveway. What a waste of a day!
Thing1--who is in kindergarten--rides the bus to and from school each day. Thus far, he has not been mugged, attacked, or mauled by wolves. He is now riding the bus without a care in the world and it's a pretty tame bus ride, given that the riders are military kids and pretty well disciplined.
Having no couth, I asked Ms. Oveprotective why she doesn't have her son ride the bus. Her response: "I guess he's just mommy's little boy!" Followed by a simpering giggle.
How wierd is this? Poor boy's going to grow up afraid of his own shadow.
2 comments:
That poor child. Yeesh.
I'm with EvilJonny, this kid is going to grow up to be totally helpless...or a serial killer.
The wierd thing is that the dad is at home and has a pretty regular schedule. He is also a very nice dad and spends most of his free weekend time playing with his three kids as well as the two kids from down the street who's dad totally ignores them. SO... I'm at a loss as to why the little twerp doesn't suck it up and ride the bus like all the rest of the kids. It's all the mom, obviously. The dad probably doesn't care as long as the kid gets there and back and as long as it doesn't involve dad having to pick up or drop off. I hope they get posted to Japan next and the kid has to get onto the crush subways to go to school. Bonzaiii!
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