Every time I see comments of this nature I always smile and think of the helicopter mom in my old, lily white, crime free 'hood. She would load her precious snowflakes into her car, and give them a ride to the bus stop, waiting until the school bus pulled up. The bus stop was at the end of their driveway, at least 75-80' from the garage door to where the kids got on the bus. Now, for those of you thinking, "well, if we are talking very young kids, this might not be too lazy", let me add that this practice continued until both snowflakes got their own driver's licenses, and drove their own lazy asses to school.