Many first graders in Japan walk to school without a parent. Children learn road safety from kindergarten, often walk in small groups on routes set by schools and parents, and the community watches over them: volunteers at crossings, neighbors on the street, and homes or shops marked as safe places children can run to.
Sources:
– Safe Routes Partnership, “Japan: walk to school practices”
– Japan Today, “Documentary looks at why Japanese parents let young kids walk to school by themselves”
Illustrations: AI-generated. Narration: Google Cloud Text-to-Speech.
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