Im NOT with you on this one!!!!!!!!!
while one might agree that they shouldnt be walking alone, it is a real fact that there is no other way for them to get to school(without calling a car service everyday). The parents must wait for the bus with younger kids and by the time a child reaches 3-4 grade, many times is told they live too close to school to get transportation. It is unfair to ask a father to walk his 10 year old child every day when its just a short way away that the child can easily walk alone.
Im sorry but you shouldnt be judging so quickly, especially if you were never in such a situation with your kids.