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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 508969" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Are you kidding me? </p><p></p><p>Man, I'd be making sure I had a darn fine lawyer and I'd be making one hellova major stink! </p><p></p><p>The boy is 10, not 2. There were periods in my childhood when I walked that far to school each day. From kindergarden on.......I walked through an intersection that had 6 major highways running through it, of course I'd been taught the pattern of the lights and often there was a crossing guard......but still. </p><p></p><p>Four miles is a hefty walk. But by the age of 10 this child should know to stay away from strangers and how to get from point A to point B without incident. I see it as a reasonable consequence. Honestly, I'd have done the exact same thing.</p><p></p><p>What are we doing in this country now? Trying to raise a nation of whimps? (yeah I know about the bubble syndrome thing) There was a day when 90 percent of children walked to school no matter how far away they lived, in all types of weather. And trust me there were strangers back then just as they are now and just as common place. Kids were taught how to handle it. </p><p></p><p>Cps is getting into a nasty habit of overstepping their bounds. As for the "my mom will beat me" quote.......my kids said that all the time, just as I did growing up. Trust me, my kids weren't beaten by a long shot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 508969, member: 84"] Are you kidding me? Man, I'd be making sure I had a darn fine lawyer and I'd be making one hellova major stink! The boy is 10, not 2. There were periods in my childhood when I walked that far to school each day. From kindergarden on.......I walked through an intersection that had 6 major highways running through it, of course I'd been taught the pattern of the lights and often there was a crossing guard......but still. Four miles is a hefty walk. But by the age of 10 this child should know to stay away from strangers and how to get from point A to point B without incident. I see it as a reasonable consequence. Honestly, I'd have done the exact same thing. What are we doing in this country now? Trying to raise a nation of whimps? (yeah I know about the bubble syndrome thing) There was a day when 90 percent of children walked to school no matter how far away they lived, in all types of weather. And trust me there were strangers back then just as they are now and just as common place. Kids were taught how to handle it. Cps is getting into a nasty habit of overstepping their bounds. As for the "my mom will beat me" quote.......my kids said that all the time, just as I did growing up. Trust me, my kids weren't beaten by a long shot. [/QUOTE]
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