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Father Gets Probation For Making Son Walk Home From School
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Dad gets probation for making kid walk home
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PICK3
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I came home from school one day out of breathe and my dad asked why I was breathing so hard.
I replied, "I ran all the way home behind a bus and save 25 cents".
He started beating my ass. I asked "dad, why are you hitting me?" He said, "you should have ran home behind a taxi and saved $5"
I replied, "I ran all the way home behind a bus and save 25 cents".
He started beating my ass. I asked "dad, why are you hitting me?" He said, "you should have ran home behind a taxi and saved $5"
MyOtherAlterIsInPurgatory
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Where were u, east LA?
WoodyO
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San Dimas, CA.
WoodyO
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Raging Waters!
I walked over a mile to Kindergarten almost every day, and then home.
This is retarded it ever went to court.
Convicted because of the potential of pedophiles.
Might as well lock parents up for driving at night with their kids in the car because of potential drunk drivers.
This judge is a dimwit.
This is retarded it ever went to court.
Convicted because of the potential of pedophiles.
Might as well lock parents up for driving at night with their kids in the car because of potential drunk drivers.
This judge is a dimwit.
No child in kindergarden should walk home without an older child or adult with them. Period. It's borderline neglect. Would you leave a kindergarden child at home alone while you ran to the grocery store? No? Then you don't let them walk to and from school alone. That's insane.
8 years old is too young too. Its borderline. It depends on the kid, the community and the roads.
8 years old is too young too. Its borderline. It depends on the kid, the community and the roads.
I think there must be more to this story because while I think he was wrong for letting his kid walk home from school alone...probation and a fine seem like a harsh sentence. Punishments like these ought to be left up to the parents. I'm not sure it was worthy of something outside of a lecture from a family law judge.
Plus it undermined the authority of the father in front of his son. This is a strange story and I'm sure there are pieces that we don't know.
Plus it undermined the authority of the father in front of his son. This is a strange story and I'm sure there are pieces that we don't know.
I will say that state funded daycare stops at age 8, so if you're old enough to be able to stay home you should be old enough to walk home.
In fact I have an 8 year old kid/case in Orlando who lives a mile from school so the bus won't transport her despite it being in a high traffic area.
I will of course side with Cindy in the fact that the condition of the road, traffic, neighborhood and sidewalk matters a lot.
In fact I have an 8 year old kid/case in Orlando who lives a mile from school so the bus won't transport her despite it being in a high traffic area.
I will of course side with Cindy in the fact that the condition of the road, traffic, neighborhood and sidewalk matters a lot.
We call it protective measures, when a child is involved in dependency they have to go to daycare so there can be more "eyes" on them
Dependency? On the state? Curious what that means?
Yeah, I agree that 8 years old is borderline. I personally think it's too young to be walking home from school alone but I wouldn't just assume that kid was neglected I suppose. Possibly okay if they are with an older kid.
As far as after school care funded by the state, I could see them stopping daycare funding at that age because because a lot of families will let their younger children stay at home after school (just a couple of hours) with parents, older siblings, grandparents, or babysitters which IMO is appropriate so many families may not utilize those programs unless they are families with just one child and no non-working family members. I could see not having the money or budgeting for it. I'm not sure that we can assume just because the state doesn't fund after school care that they are endorsing all 8 year olds as responsible enough to stay home/walk home from school alone. That could be just a numbers deal.
I was actually curious about this a couple months ago and looked up the recommended age for kids to stay home alone or walk home from school alone for another reason and I found it recommended starting at age 10-12 alone or younger kids with an older, responsible child. All of that depends on the maturity of the kid though. This isn't about how old a kid can be walking home from school. It's about the appropriate age for a child to walk home from school alone. I think it makes a difference. Especially for the first time. Is punishment really the way to introduce a kid to walking home from school by themselves? I don't think so.
I think it's a responsibility to give a kid, not a punishment to hand out.
I was wondering about this too. Who reported it in the first place for it to even get to the stage of dad being charged and ending up in court. It was interesting the judge's comment was that it was "old fashioned" punishment too. So is she trying to set a precedent and make a point since it got to that stage?
You wonder, too, if the dad just dropped him off and left him or did he follow along behind. For me, 8 is really borderline too. A lot would depend on the neighborhood and the maturity of the child but it's iffy. I can't help but wonder if there's a history with the family and authorities are using this to send a message.
We've had a few cases up here lately where parents have been charged for leaving their little kids in the cars while they run into whatever stores (usually Walmart or Target lol). Weather can be so extreme up here and often they are little kids, like under two. You would think that would be common sense but ....it keeps happening!
The dad dropped him off and left him on the side of the road to walk home. A woman saw the kid crying on the side of the road and picked him up. She took him back to school and called the police. The dad drove home and dropped the rest of the kids off and came back and the kid was gone.
Aahhhhh ya I can see how this is where it is. It's too much. And in this day and age..he's lucky a woman picked his boy up and not some creep.
Means a child has been adjudicated dependent. Which itself means that the court has jurisdiction and supervision over a child due to a parent commiting a form of abuse (lack supervision, neglect, physical, mental injury, etc). It can be a child in foster care with a relative/non relative or even still in home with the parents.
i didn't read any comments in here, but anyone that thinks it's okay for an 8 year old kid to walk home alone is a fucking moron.
I don't give a shit if you did it when you were a kid. This isn't 1980 anymore, and you're a terrible fucking parent if you do and should have your kids taken away.
I don't give a shit if you did it when you were a kid. This isn't 1980 anymore, and you're a terrible fucking parent if you do and should have your kids taken away.
digimon7068
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WoodyO
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You should buy this kid an iPod or something
You gonna chainsaw my head off?
Ditto that.
PICK3
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ololololollollolololl!
butt play?
TrueLiberal
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The irony is that there is probably a higher chance that the kid will be molested by a teacher at school and the state forces the parents to send the kids to school.
