HI judge gives father 1 year probation for making his son walk home 1 mile from schoo

[Esmeralda]

why wont they say how old the kid was?....

Not sure how that's relevant. When I was 5 and in kindergarten I had the same nearly 1 mile walk to my busstop as I did until I stopped taking the bus in 11th grade.

According to the judge: " times are different today, given child predators and traffic."
The judge is right.

 

[jillian]

He was 8 years old and in grade 3.

I was responsible for going back and forth to school (over a mile) on my own each day at that age. There was one very busy street to cross. I even figure out how to push the little button for the cross walk light.

And I SURVIVED! Imagine that.

that was a few years ago. and you don't know what his neighborhood is like.

different day and age... you know?

 

[Meathead]

He was 8 years old and in grade 3.

I was responsible for going back and forth to school (over a mile) on my own each day at that age. There was one very busy street to cross. I even figure out how to push the little button for the cross walk light.

And I SURVIVED! Imagine that.

that was a few years ago. and you don't know what his neighborhood is like.

different day and age... you know?

You don't either. The question is who is best suited to decide, the state or the parent. Obviously, it is a case-by-case basis. The decision must be predicated on that. If the child were living in a shit hole like the south side of Chicago, I would have to agree. Kauai does not seem to fit that mold, but then we are not sure of the facts

 

[NoNukes]

no wonder kids are such worthless, entitled fucking fat asses today.

Hawaii Man Gets Probation for Making Kid Walk Mile - ABC News

I had almost a fucking mile walk to my damn bus stop.

The article did not know how old the kid was, If he was young and it was a dangerous walk, it would matter.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Not sure how that's relevant. When I was 5 and in kindergarten I had the same nearly 1 mile walk to my busstop as I did until I stopped taking the bus in 11th grade.

The situation 40 years ago is not comparable to today.

Period.

Yes, kids today are helicoptered to the extent that their independence is neutered.

This is why we get Elliot Rodgers.

dicca, your comment is worthy of your bat pet.

Forty years ago is not comparable today in getting kids to school.

Yes, at seven, I crossed two major intersections in a seven block drudge to elementary school.

Different times. Can't do that today.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Hawaii. Isn't that Obama's home state? Didn't he go to special schools there that advocated a classless society? Hmmmm. Maybe this judge is an old classmate.

Grow up, please.

 

[JakeStarkey]

why wont they say how old the kid was?....

Not sure how that's relevant. When I was 5 and in kindergarten I had the same nearly 1 mile walk to my busstop as I did until I stopped taking the bus in 11th grade.

According to the judge: " times are different today, given child predators and traffic."
The judge is right.

judge right, steve is wrong

period

 

[jillian]

I was responsible for going back and forth to school (over a mile) on my own each day at that age. There was one very busy street to cross. I even figure out how to push the little button for the cross walk light.

And I SURVIVED! Imagine that.

that was a few years ago. and you don't know what his neighborhood is like.

different day and age... you know?

You don't either. The question is who is best suited to decide, the state or the parent. Obviously, it is a case-by-case basis. The decision must be predicated on that. If the child were living in a shit hole like the south side of Chicago, I would have to agree. Kauai does not seem to fit that mold, but then we are not sure of the facts

actually, I do know.

I know the gubmint haters don't get it, but the state decides what constitutes negligence because kids can't watch out for themselves.

 

[Meathead]

that was a few years ago. and you don't know what his neighborhood is like.

different day and age... you know?

You don't either. The question is who is best suited to decide, the state or the parent. Obviously, it is a case-by-case basis. The decision must be predicated on that. If the child were living in a shit hole like the south side of Chicago, I would have to agree. Kauai does not seem to fit that mold, but then we are not sure of the facts

actually, I do know.

I know the gubmint haters don't get it, but the state decides what constitutes negligence because kids can't watch out for themselves.

I expect you are one of these USMB hags. You know nothing and can not be given control over people or the way they decide to raise their children.

I find those that are self-righteous enough to presume they do absolutely reprehensible.

 

[hazlnut]

why wont they say how old the kid was?....

Not sure how that's relevant. When I was 5 and in kindergarten I had the same nearly 1 mile walk to my busstop as I did until I stopped taking the bus in 11th grade.

 

[Harry Dresden]

He was 8 years old and in grade 3.

ok that explains a little....i was walking that far to school when i was that age back in Niagara Falls and the school was about a mile away.....even when it was snowing....but then kids back then were always outside running around......

 

[Noomi]

My guess is that the child was somewhere around the age of ten, a little too young to be walking such a distance - given the comments of the judge.

You realize when we were that age we had to run that much or more in gym class, right?

That was in 1952 or earlier, times have changed, you wanker.

 

[Politico]

Oh my goodness. My parents would have received Life Sentences.

As would have mine.

Seriously. I had to walk over 5 miles a day for several months once.