For parents and children, the first day of school on Tuesday was all about novelty: new clothes, new school supplies, new grade levels, new teachers, maybe even some new friends. Sometimes, sadly, it is a deadly one, such as earlier this year when a five-year-old girl was killed by a car outside her school. You can avoid the traffic jams and chaotic driving conditions around your child’s school by parking a few blocks away and walking with them for the rest of the trip, Edward Keenan writes. Read more: Parents experiencing back-to-school jitters amid sex-ed rollback Andrew Hargreaves | Opinion: Should mandatory school testing be scrapped? Now I park three or four blocks away from the school, and walk the rest of the trip with them.

Source: thestar September 04, 2018 20:38 UTC