I was walking home from school at the age of 7. It was about a mile. The best part was the duck and goose farm. I would bring snacks to feed the geese through the fence.
Abandoning your kids on the side of the road to walk home 1/2 a mile as punishment is a bit different in my opinion. But not different enough to merit police involvement. Texas seems to agree with me:
That's a 15-25 minute walk. When I was a kid, we used to walk a lot further than that just to reach wherever it was we felt like hanging out in the summer.
I started walking to and from school in kindergarten as did everyone else at my school. Many of them over a mile. By age 8, the age of the child in the article, I was a member of the school safety patrol and responsible for making sure other kids safely crossed streets on their way to and from school.
Long ago, in saner days, I walked to & from elementary school. Usually alone, 12 miles per week, starting at age 6. Distances varied, but 95% of the other kids did likewise.
Theory: This sort of "any excuse to punish parents" sh*t is a major reason why so many Americans are deciding that they'll never have children.
EDIT: Yes, obviously this effect would be a feedback mechanism that could only really kick in after parents had gotten relatively scarce in a jurisdiction.
Horse behind carriage. People aren't having children so they don't interact with any, making them feel more justified in punishing parents for not doing things the way they think it should be done.
I was walking home from school at the age of 7. It was about a mile. The best part was the duck and goose farm. I would bring snacks to feed the geese through the fence.
Abandoning your kids on the side of the road to walk home 1/2 a mile as punishment is a bit different in my opinion. But not different enough to merit police involvement. Texas seems to agree with me:
https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/pdf/HB00567F....
That's a 15-25 minute walk. When I was a kid, we used to walk a lot further than that just to reach wherever it was we felt like hanging out in the summer.
I started walking to and from school in kindergarten as did everyone else at my school. Many of them over a mile. By age 8, the age of the child in the article, I was a member of the school safety patrol and responsible for making sure other kids safely crossed streets on their way to and from school.
Long ago, in saner days, I walked to & from elementary school. Usually alone, 12 miles per week, starting at age 6. Distances varied, but 95% of the other kids did likewise.
Theory: This sort of "any excuse to punish parents" sh*t is a major reason why so many Americans are deciding that they'll never have children.
EDIT: Yes, obviously this effect would be a feedback mechanism that could only really kick in after parents had gotten relatively scarce in a jurisdiction.
Horse behind carriage. People aren't having children so they don't interact with any, making them feel more justified in punishing parents for not doing things the way they think it should be done.
So they took away an 8-year-old child's mother, jailed her overnight, she lost her job, and this is punishing whom for what?