Missing the bus to school

There’s nothing that messes up an otherwise smooth morning like a child missing the school bus! However, it’s much less stressful if you’ve already discussed how to solve the problem with your child before it happens. The more responsibility children have in resolving the problem, the less likely the problem is to occur.

Here are some ways children could resolve the problem:

• Walk to school. This is an ideal option if the school is close enough and the walk isn’t too dangerous.
• Pay someone to drive to school. It’s important to establish ahead of time who may provide a ride to school and what rate will be charged.
• Ask a parent for a ride to school and then do extra chores to reimburse the parent for the time spent driving to school and back.
  

Knowing how the situation will be handled reduces the stress for everyone.