Do people not care about their kids' safety?

One of the "rules" about kids coming to school is that they can come in car (with parents driving of course), on bike if they are 3rd grade and above and on foot, but not skates, skateboards or scooters. Not only do I see kids coming solo on the disallowed modes of transportation, but with parents. I'll see a parent walking with their kid, pulling a wagon or pushing a stroller and their older kid is on a scooter or skates. To add to this, the parents are not chewing their kids out when the cross streets without stopping or even looking to see if cars are coming. Then there are parents who let their young kids, like first graders, walk or ride bikes to school solo. Do these parents just not care? I am pretty sure one of Sarah's classmates has been a latch key kid since 1st grade. His older sister who rides with him is just one grade above! I really do not think that elementary school kids are ready to go home to an empty house, but especially not until around 4th or 5th grade.

In other news, not related to school, they are almost finished painting our condo building. Monday all day, they were pressure washing the roof and sides of the building, and Tuesday and yesterday was painting and doing the trim. They still have the garages to do. The really funny thing is that we're getting a new door next week or the week after next. We are responsible for the door, so the HOA is unaware of this. I told the painters, but they're still going to paint our door. I'm just glad we didn't have the new door yet, because if they had painted over the new one, it would void the warranty. Ours will have a factory paint job on it and it will probably last longer than the stuff they are painting the other doors with.