At what age can children go alone to school

How many school-age children do you see each morning going to school alone in primary schools (6-9 years)? Surely you will answer me that few or no and I would not miss at all your answer. In Spain there are sources that say that 70% of children between 7 and 12 years old never go to school alone. O

How many school-age children do you see each morning going to school alone in primary schools (6-9 years)? Surely you will answer me that few or no and I would not miss at all your answer. In Spain there are sources that say that 70% of children between 7 and 12 years old never go to school alone.

Obviously it can be for many reasons, but the main reason is the fear that parents feel for the danger that may exist in the streets and as a way of overprotection is accompanied until almost or in Secondary Education. The remaining 30% of children start going to school between 9'4 and 12'6 years old. Do you think it's too early or too late for a child to start going to school alone?

Parents are afraid of children going to school alone

In a way it is normal for parents to be afraid to let their school-age children go to school alone since there is a lot of social psychosis because of so much bad news with those that bombard us every day and that parents think that around the corner there is the danger that stalks their child, and although there are dangers, with this attitude only vetoes the correct development of autonomy of children.

If the children have the school two hundred meters from home they are more likely to go alone than if they have it in the next neighborhood (and better not to mention if they should take the bus to get to school).

What is also true that the fact that the school is more or less close is a factor that helps parents accompany their children, something they are willing to do as I told you until it is necessary, as is usual in all father and in every mother. But you also have to think about the autonomy of the boys.

When children can go to school alone

Between the ages of 8 and 12, children have sufficient capacity to be able to function autonomously on the streets after having received an adequate road safety education and always under the safety instructions of Parents, indicating the risk areas and the best alternatives to arrive. This autonomy will not only depend on the age but also on the maturity of the child and the area where he / she resides, in addition to the area where the school is, because if the school is 50km away, it is difficult for the child to go without being accompanied of an adult because you will have to go most likely by car.

If you have the school in your same town and it is possible that your son goes to school alone and you want him to do it, I recommend that the first times you leave autonomy with some supervision or recommend that you go to school as a group , but the moment we see that he is ready, it is time to trust him.