Michigan school says 7-year-old boy can't walk home from the bus stop

Michigan Mom Fights School District Rule That Says 7-Year-Old Can't Walk 3 Minutes Home From the Bus Stop - Lenore Skenazy

• The superintendent blamed the “significant liability the district assumes whenever we are transporting students.”

Last year, Tali Smith's son Emmett walked himself home the four houses he lives from the school bus stop. ..

But this year, his suburban Michigan school will not let him do that—too risky.

The school district, Saline Area Schools, is newly enforcing a rule that says a parent or other adult must be waiting at the bus stop to escort anyone in kindergarten or first grade. 

Emmett is in first grade...