Ilive around the corner from an elementary school in Wenatchee, and I see very few children walking to school alone or riding their bikes. Many parents accompany their kids to school, either on foot or by car. Quite a difference from my own elementary school years in the late sixties—most of us walked to school or rode bikes, and I lived in Downey, CA, at the time.

Times have changed certainly, and I, too, was very safety conscious with my own children during their years at Washington Elementary. But is there an age cutoff when kids can legally walk or ride a bike to school without parental supervision in Washington or elsewhere?

Turns out no. One right parents still have is the right to determine if their kids can travel to school on their own, and that includes Washington state.

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