Start a 'Walking School Bus' in Your Neighborhood
by Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Me from Lifehacker on (#50GDJ)

At nine years old, my son and his friends most often crave two things: more independence and more time to hang out. We also happen to be in that in-between distance from our home to his school-we live too close to qualify for school-bus pick-up, but too far for me to feel comfortable with him walking the route alone."