30 minute walk from school?

I used to walk half an hour to school with my boy when he started school. Maybe get a buggy board x

My son does a 20 minute walk and it was really hard on him at first.
I don’t think a 40 minute walk is fair on a 4 year old after school personally x

We do a bike with a pole at the back so I control it for a couple of days.
We drive the other 3 days.

It’s 1 mile

We do a 20 minute walk twice a day - we either take her scooter or buggy board. 90% of her walk is pedestrianised so very safe for scooter or letting her walk independently. Could you take scooter under buggy for the safer bits to build up his skills/your confidence?

I think a 40 minute walk for his little legs is to long, would definitely suggest a buggy board as someone else mentioned

We walk a mile to school and definitely had to build up to it. We do use scooters some days.

Thank you all so much for your speedy suggestions. I will definitely look at the buggy board as I hadn’t even considered this as an option 🤦🏽‍♀️

Look on Facebook marketplace for a second hand buggy board, as some can be very pricey...we do a 15/20min walk and my daughter uses the step and scooter depending on her mood. I always take snacks for the walk home after school, so we plan to do a stop were there's a bench and we have a little chat about school and have a snack.

We walk to school which is 2.1 miles each way unless we have to go another which turns it to 4 miles each. We walk instead of driving because parking by her school is such a nightmare and would cause too much hassle. We have done this since she started. She was very tired to begin with but has gotten used to it. Also we don’t use scooters as we can’t leave them at school or buggy boards, she just walks along side of the pram.

Our school is a mile and roughly half hour walk. My daughter is almost 5 and she gets tired particularly in the morning. We drive because we just all end up too stressed. I’ve walked to pick her up in the summer when it was warm and we didn’t have to rush plus there is a garden centre on the way back so we can stop for the toilet or a rest but we were all just getting worked up

7 mins drive

1 hr 22 mins walk

Think I’ll stick to driving 😂😂

When my daughter was 4/5 we used to walk up to school with son in pushchair and we had a buggy board so she could hop on when tired....but she basically just used that all the time, felt like I was pushing her in a chariot lol. It was a good 25 min walk

Oh coming back in to say that you could also consider driving part of the way and walking the rest - so he gets into the habit of walking, and then you could slowly park farther and farther away.

Ours is a 20 min walk. When we first started I had to allow 40mins to accommodate him wanting to rest all the time. Now he manages it no problem, took a good month and lots of praise (bribery)! The walk home was always harder on him and still now takes longer but not as much pressure as not trying to get him in on time x