Author Topic: Woman makes her son walk 4 1/2 miles to school after he's kicked of the bus. (Read 826 times)

powderman · « **on:** February 18, 2012, 04:37:36 PM »

http://www.kait8.com/story/16945922/mom-charged-after-forcing-10-year-old-to-walk-45-miles-to-school

Police say she endangered him, the boy defends his mom. He'd been kicked off 5 times. Chk out the boys name, almost as bad as Sue. POWDERMAN.

Sourdough · « **Reply #1 on:** February 18, 2012, 04:46:11 PM »

There are times when the police overstep their bounds, I feel this is one. Won't hurt the boy to walk, maybe he will learn a lesson. Police need to stay out of it.

powderman · « **Reply #2 on:** February 18, 2012, 04:57:03 PM »

SOURDOUGH. YEP. Agreed Sir. POWDERMAN.

james · « **Reply #3 on:** February 18, 2012, 05:13:24 PM »

And it wasn't in the snow or uphill both ways. There was probably a good reason he got kicked off the bus. I'll give the parent the benefit of the doubt until the nosy news media tells a different story.

DalesCarpentry · « **Reply #4 on:** February 18, 2012, 06:57:07 PM »

When I was a kid and I missed the bus I had to walk to school also. It was every bit of 5 miles and I walked more than a few times. It never hurt me a bit. I was young and even the steep hills did not bother me. Dale

turk762 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 19, 2012, 02:13:57 AM »

Quote from: Sourdough on February 18, 2012, 04:46:11 PM

There are times when the police overstep their bounds, I feel this is one. Won't hurt the boy to walk, maybe he will learn a lesson. Police need to stay out of it.

Totally agree!! Let her parent her son, sounds like shes doing it right.

williamlayton · « **Reply #6 on:** February 19, 2012, 02:21:57 AM »

You know there is one thing these do gooders don't consider.
On Saturday or Sunday--holidays or summer they would not have blinked an eye at him doing this on his own---which he probably does as do most of his friends.
Blessings

Lon371 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 19, 2012, 02:58:59 AM »

Quote from: Sourdough on February 18, 2012, 04:46:11 PM

There are times when the police overstep their bounds, I feel this is one. Won't hurt the boy to walk, maybe he will learn a lesson. Police need to stay out of it.

Agreed

powderman · « **Reply #8 on:** February 19, 2012, 03:46:13 AM »

We walked a bit over a mile each way all through school, bad weather didn't matter either. There were no snow days, we went, and that was in snowy ILL. Every day you'll see a long line of cars at the local grade school, folks picking up their kids. Make them RIDE THE BUS. A lot of gas would be saved, lives too. POWDERMAN.

Doublebass73 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 19, 2012, 11:34:21 AM »

Quote from: Sourdough on February 18, 2012, 04:46:11 PM

There are times when the police overstep their bounds, I feel this is one. Won't hurt the boy to walk, maybe he will learn a lesson. Police need to stay out of it.

Definitely.

hillbill · « **Reply #10 on:** February 19, 2012, 12:01:06 PM »

well i guess now making your kid walk farther than from the couch to the bathroom is child abuse. i wish my granpa was still alive, i would show him this and he and i would get a good laugh.
my dad, who is now 80 and in perfect health, said when he was a kid, he would ride his pony 3 or 4 miles to school, then tie up the reins and slap it on the butt and it would trot back home.then he would walk home in the afternoon. he thought he had it made cuz lots of kids had to walk both ways.
my granpa said he had a model t car in his last year of school. when he got to school he would have to drain the oil into a bucket and set it behind the big potbelly stove.then after school he would pour it back in the engine and jack up one wheel and spin it with car in gear to get it to start.but he only had to do this in the winter where he lived in wisconsin. in the summer he said he often had to drop the oilpan and tighten the main bearing caps. but only cuz it was so wore out he used pieces of leather or bacon rinds for bearings. imagine a kid nowadays doing this just so he could drive to school?

Spirithawk · « **Reply #11 on:** February 19, 2012, 12:43:39 PM »

Guess I'm going to be the odd man out here. When I was a kid I had to walk to school too, and it was around 3 miles one way maybe even a bit more. Heck, guess you could say I lived on the wrong side of the tracks because they were between me and school. If I was late heading out I'd have to wait for one to three trains to pass before I could move on. I'm still alive to talk about it and no worse for wear. However, and a big however, we don't live in the same world as when WE were kids. Every time you turn on the news there's arother kid murdered or missing. No way I'd let a 10 year old walk out of my sight, or the sight of someone old enough to be responsible and safe, let alone 4 1/2 miles all alone. Kids have come up missing just walking alone to the corner store, heck even out of their own yards when not watched! I give her credit for wanting to teach him a lesson but I think she should have driven along right behind him or walked with him to see he got there safe and sound. Heck, she was even on vacation so she had the time to do so. I give the cops credit for once doing their job. If one of my young grandkids were out alone I'd apreciate the police looking out for them. Before ya rag on me just picture this.....it's your kid. He doesn't make it to school. Later he's found dead or never found at all. A cop says oh yeah, I saw him walking and he was fine when I saw him so I didn't pay him any mind. I don't know about you but 1) I'd be upset with myself for letting him go alone and 2) I'd be upset with the cop for not doing his job and making sure the kid was safe and got where he was going safe! Lets not rag on the cops for doing their job folks. It's good to hear of them doing something right.

teamnelson · « **Reply #12 on:** February 19, 2012, 01:13:15 PM »

Spirithawk, it is a different era to be sure, and there are more places around today that a 10 year old wouldn't be safe walking 1/4 mile through, nevermind 4.5 miles. I used to walk 2 miles each way, along busy road, across a highway, but that was a different era I know. I think what gets me here is that the Mom has been cited for endangerment. I don't fault her decision, I don't fault the police for doublechecking, but the citation is a statement that our children really aren't ours.

Conan The Librarian · « **Reply #13 on:** February 19, 2012, 03:41:03 PM »

Nequavion! Ha! That's funny! They probably kept kicking him off the bus because people wouldn't stop laughing at him.

powderman · « **Reply #14 on:** February 19, 2012, 04:37:16 PM »

SPIRITHAWK. Point well taken Sir and it would definitely depend on the surroundings and community. With a monicker like nequavion I can almost guess the race involved. POWDERMAN.

gypsyman · « **Reply #15 on:** February 19, 2012, 07:57:42 PM »

Unfortunately, I can see both sides here too. The parent wants to teach the boy a lesson, but so many weirdo's out there today, 4.5 miles thru any city nowdays, and something could happen. Maybe she could have bite the bullet for the week, and drove him, and then made him do some sort of community work for punishment. Or make him help the bus driver clean the bus at the end of the day, since that's what he got in trouble for, was yelling on the bus. Some sort of work detail to let him know he isn't getting a free pass. gypsyman

Conan The Librarian · « **Reply #16 on:** February 20, 2012, 04:44:26 AM »

When I was a kid it was common for kids to walk a few miles to and from school. When I started going to a school farther away I rode a bike. A few bikes were stolen but I would get another one because used bikes cost about $20 for a good one back then.

BUGEYE · « **Reply #17 on:** February 20, 2012, 06:19:17 AM »

with pedophiles around every corner, it's a roll of the dice if you see the kid alive again.
I vote for a switch and working his butt off.

DANNY-L · « **Reply #18 on:** February 22, 2012, 08:17:04 AM »

I agree bugeye,you never know who is out there hunting for kids.

guzzijohn · « **Reply #19 on:** February 22, 2012, 08:42:42 AM »

Quote from Powderman:
"With a monicker like nequavion I can almost guess the race involved. POWDERMAN. "

And what does the above have to do with this thread?
GuzziJohn

briarpatch · « **Reply #20 on:** February 22, 2012, 12:29:20 PM »

Nothing wrong with what powderman said, he is thinking the kid is Irish.

351 power · « **Reply #21 on:** February 23, 2012, 12:55:44 AM »

good story. race should not have been mentioned. any mother today knows their neighbourhood. probably knew the risks and the chance of intervention. in the end the risk that a kid never gets the message and grows up wrong is just as big as the immediate fear