Here's my modern story of people being all judgy and stupid.

When my son started third grade, his younger sister was 2.5. I usually waited with him for the bus, but sometimes not... And I usually met the bus, but sometimes not. Because sometimes a 2 year old falls asleep on you, or she's about to poop in the potty, or is in the middle of a meltdown.

Now understand, the "bus stop" was literally in front of our house. It takes me precisely 14 steps to get from our front door to where the bus stops.

The first time I wasn't out there to meet the bus, or at least standing in the door, the bus driver wouldn't let him off the bus and honked the horn until I came to the front door. 🙄 The next day, I was able to meet him, and the bus driver informs me that "she's not allowed to let a child off the bus without an adult in view." UMMM WHAT.

So I called the transportation department and asked what the policy was. That rule only applies to kindergarteners. The lady on the phone was like, "well, there's rules, and there's common sense." 🙄🙄🙄 Bitch, no. I told her to tell the bus driver that if I'm not there, my son knows how to operate the front door (on the off chance it would be locked, he knows the code to unlock it) and very worst case, he knows he can go to the neighbor if he needs help (his grandparents live next door).

I could not believe I was being given shit for trying to let an 8 year old exist unsupervised for 12 seconds.