Shouldn't all kids get to ride the bus?

Ironically, kids are safer today than they were in the past. The reason people think their kids are in constant danger of abduction is because the media publicizes every case. Even with that, it’s only a big deal if a white kid disappears. We rarely hear about all the Black and Native American kids that go missing.

School busing isn't free at all where I live. Children can either pay to ride the school bus, take the city bus, parents drop off and pick up in a vehicle, or you walk. Children walking is a very common sight here although winters are dangerously subzero and snowy. I walked over one mile to and from school with my siblings wearing multiple layers of clothes (parents got a phone call after they initially moved their children to this state and asked if they had financial issues because we didn't have adequate winter gear). You take those off when you get to school and put them back on to go outside or home. School was not cancelled until the wind chill was -40F at least and I have been sent home early told to go straight home because there's a ground blizzard, expected blizzard, or visibility will be near zero for us to see our way home later. Bottom line is regardless of the brutally cold winters normal daily life goes on for the most part, people use common sense, and the weather is adapted to as is seen fit.

I would agree with you but unfortunately, there is a massive shortage of school bus drivers. Not enough to even fill the amount needed now much less add all the kids.

I have teens. I take them to school, but it is a hassle trying to drop them off at the exact right time and make it to work on time. Kids disappear all the time. Sex trafficking is at an all time high. Parents of all races love their children.

They're not much safer once they get to school... there's always someone wanting to molest and abuse them...

It isn’t safe now, and I don’t personally know any parents who let their elementary school age kids walk to school—except one who lives across the street from the school. And even she watches him.
I lived six blocks from my school, and at age six on was walking to school. In those days, in our city, kids wore dog tags with names and addresses. I still have mine somewhere.
Funny how dangerous that actually was, but we didn’t realize it.

Errrm. Statistics show that children are actually safer now than they were in our and our parents day.

3 blocks reallh isn't that far. Do you not let your kids ruds their bikes or go to the park alone? Honestly the nore we shelter kids, the more dangerous itnis for them. Kids that are sheltered don't learn how to navigate the world and how to recognize and avoid danger.