文章讲述了作者如何逐步引导10岁的孩子学会独自乘坐公交车前往爷爷家。从最初的陪同孩子乘坐，到让孩子负责路线和站点，再到最终孩子独自乘车，作者详细记录了整个过程。文章强调了循序渐进的引导方式，以及孩子在学习新技能时的准备和思考，并分享了调查结果，显示多数人认为10岁的孩子具备学习独自乘坐公共交通的能力。

🚌作者逐步引导孩子学习独自乘公交：从陪同乘坐，到让孩子负责路线和站点，再到最终孩子独自乘车，循序渐进地培养孩子的独立能力。

🚦孩子学会了识别公交路线和站点：了解需要乘坐的公交车路线（94路），以及如何根据路标（铁路交叉口、上坡路段）判断即将到达的站点。

⚠️制定应急预案：在孩子独自乘车前，与孩子一起讨论了如果错过站点的应对措施（沿路线步行返回），并让孩子佩戴手表以备不时之需。

📊调查显示多数人认为10岁孩子具备独自乘坐公共交通的能力：75%的人认为成熟的10岁孩子可以学会独自处理公共交通，40%的人认为普通的10岁孩子也可以。

🎉孩子独自乘车成功，为家庭出行提供了新的选择：孩子成功独自乘坐公交前往爷爷家，为家庭出行提供了新的便利和选择。

Published on December 3, 2024 12:20 PM GMT

Our kids have been riding the bus since they were little, though lessoften since we started sharing a car almost four yearsago. For a while the oldest, age 10, has been asking when theycould start taking the bus on their own. A few days ago they did, andit went well!

We worked up to it gradually, so they knew how to do it and we knewthey knew how to do it. They had a background experience of havingtaken this specific bus many times, though mostly not payingattention. Once they said this was something they wanted to work onwe switched to having them lead: they sat by themself in front, and wesat in back. They handled keeping track of where we were and pressingthe "stop requested" button.

We did this twice, which they handled well. They got us on the rightbus, paid attention along the route, and got us off at the rightplace. The only problem was that both times someone else happened topress the button for the stop before they did, so I wasn't totallysure they'd remember. But they thought they would, and I was prettyconfident that they would as well.

They day before they rode by themself for the first time we talkedthrough the process: walking to the bus stop (0.5mi), how they'd knowwhich bus to get on (94), how they'd know their stop was coming (firstcrossing the tracks, then going up the hill), what they would do ifthey missed their stop (walk back along the route). Then we did itagain that morning before they set out. And it all went great!

Pictured: Lily at the SeashoreTrolley Museum, operating a vehicle that curiously lacked asteering wheel.

They also had their watch in casethere was a problem, but they didn't end up needing to call us.

It's great that we and they now have this option for getting to theirgrandfather's house!

I was wondering whether this was a typical age for people to startbeing able to take the bus solo, and remembered that I did a survey onthis kind of thing:

It looks like 75% of people thought a mature 10yo could learn tohandle public transit solo, and 40% thought a typical 10yo could.

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