Figure 1.--Here we see a French father taking his two children to primary school. The children look to be about 6-11 years old. The father in this case was Georges Guétary (1915-97). While the name is probably infamilar with most Americans, he was a popular French singer for severl decades. He made one notable appearnce in a major American film--'An American in Paris'. It is interesting that an important French entrtaier (and therefore presumably well off finncially) has his children in what looks like a public primary school. His entertainment career apparently gives him the flexibility to walk his children to school. The photograph is undated, but we wold guess was taken n the early 1960s.

Security is another matter connected with going to school. Most of the images we see are the children going to school on their own, even quite young children. Parents would have probably taken children to school on their first day. But as soon as the little ones felt comfortable they were allowed to go to school on their own. They may hve been acconpanied by older siblings or neigborhoo friends. We notice some parents taking the children to school in the photograohic record, but as far as we can tell, it was not very common. France has traditionally been a very safe country and still is, but developments in recent years must be causing some concern among French parents. Terror attacks have included attacks on childten, such as the 2012 murder of the precious little school girl, Myriam Mosenegro. There are now some high crime areas in French cities, porimarily mus;im neighborhoods. This includes areas where the police avoid. We are not sure about schools in these neighborhoods.

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