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Most Italian school children walked to scool. This was primarily the case of primary school children. Schools at first were mostly in cities and children lived within walking distance of their primary schools. The youngest children might be accompaned by older siblings, but until after World War II not usually by their parents. There was an exception for the really young children in nursery school. Here parets did commonly walk with them to school. As We note with the development of cars and traffic the adoption of safty patrols, especilly after World War II. Even in rural areas walking to school was common. This is because many rural people lived in villages rather than isolated family farms as in America. We believe that more Italian parents walk younger primary children to school today than was common earlier. There is a precived greater risk today than was the case earlier. We are not sure to what extent this reflecs relality. Some parents may even drive them to school, especially at private schools where the distances are longer. We see some school buses, but these were commonly for private schools. Wwe are less sure about secondary schools, especially before World War II when most children did not continue their education beyond primary schools. As a result most children lived much further from secondary schools than primary schools. We are not sure how common bikes were. Before World War II, relatively few children had bikes.
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