Toddlers are basically 2yo. They toddle, and they don’t have the situational awareness to be let into traffic at all. Even with a guard you would not typically let them cross the street without taking them by the hand. And I suspect that’s exactly what happened and OOP just didn’t mention it. Or they use the term differently.
I got hung up on that because I work with kids that age.
No, there’s a crossing guard! Didn’t you read that part?
We did.
Toddlers are basically 2yo. They toddle, and they don’t have the situational awareness to be let into traffic at all. Even with a guard you would not typically let them cross the street without taking them by the hand. And I suspect that’s exactly what happened and OOP just didn’t mention it. Or they use the term differently.
I got hung up on that because I work with kids that age.