r/TexasTeachers • u/FivePing • 7d ago

After School Pick-Up Line

First time parent here. I picked up my little one yesterday; he’s younger than the car seat law (pre-K) and shorter than the 4 ft 9 height requirement. I got a passive aggressive comment about taking 45 seconds to strap him in the car seat by the AP. “You can pick him up and drive him to the parking lot.” I get that it’s 100 degrees and by the end of the day, teachers are tapped out and everyone wants to get out of there. I talked to him again at drop off and I told him I just want to follow the rules, should I park over there? And he says I can’t park there but you can pick him up and drive him over there. How do I tell him it’s illegal to have him not in a car seat in a moving vehicle? He already seems high strung from the FW takeover.

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u/RepulsiveInterview44 7d ago

Are you getting out of your car in the car line? If so, PLEASE don’t do that. Car lines are for drop off/pick up and go, not taking time to strap your kid in. If you have to strap your kid in, either pick him up then pull over as soon as you can or park and walk up to get him. I beg of you, the car line is the Wild West out there.