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He abandoned his young child on a the side of a highway to find his own way home. That is not the same as a kid walking home from school. Kids who normally walk home from school have a regular route, schoolmates, and crossing guards. That was true even back in the old days when I was a kid. And even back then, it would have been inappropriate for a parent to simply pull over and dump their 8 year old out on the side of the highway and then drive away as a form of punishment. It's not old school, it's just plain bad parenting.
^That! The son was 8 years old. I'm thinking that maybe he didn't even understand why he was in time-out and I would have asked the teacher not grilled the kid and dumped him on the highway. I don't care how much room there is on the side of the road, cars veer off the road all of the time. I consider myself "old school" but I would never leave my sons off on the highway because they couldn't tell me why they were in time-out. I'm guessing this father is cruel so I hope the mother is strong and considers herself a protector of the children but then, she'll probably be the next one dumped on the highway. It had to be terrifying. The father is a nut!
Just because the road is rural, that does not make it low speed. Other sources I have read said it has a 50 mph speed limit in the area where this incident occurred. In addition, most of the pictures I've seen of this road do not show any 10-25' shoulders, in fact there is only one picture in the link on this thread that shows anything remotely close to that. I've lived in rural areas; drivers tend to drive very fast on these rural highways.
In Huntsville, Alabama If you live within a mile of school you do not get a bus period. I lived on Sparkman drive in Huntsville, al for a year and I drove my kids and there friends to school every day. I hated seeing little kids walking to school everyday, I wish I would of had room for them all. I heard they are closing the middle school on sparkman called Ed white middle. It was a horrible school and it was in horrible shape. I don't know about the elementary thou. I do know you have to walk and that is ok if your older but a young little kid by themselves having to walk in the dark to school, the rain, the school even made kids walk home after school was let out early for a tornado storm, I picked every kid I saw and took them home . I got to know a lot of parents and kids that way. I don't like it , it's not safe out here anymore. To many drunks, pedophiles, talking and texting on cell phones and storms, and people don't look out for one another anymore. The father was in the right because he is after all the father, he was watching out for his son and trying to be a parent is not easy. It is up to the parents within reason.
In Huntsville, Alabama If you live within a mile of school you do not get a bus period. I lived on Sparkman drive in Huntsville, al for a year and I drove my kids and there friends to school every day. I hated seeing little kids walking to school everyday, I wish I would of had room for them all. I heard they are closing the middle school on sparkman called Ed white middle. It was a horrible school and it was in horrible shape. I don't know about the elementary thou. I do know you have to walk and that is ok if your older but a young little kid by themselves having to walk in the dark to school, the rain, the school even made kids walk home after school was let out early for a tornado storm, I picked every kid I saw and took them home . I got to know a lot of parents and kids that way. I don't like it , it's not safe out here anymore. To many drunks, pedophiles, talking and texting on cell phones and storms, and people don't look out for one another anymore. The father was in the right because he is after all the father, he was watching out for his son and trying to be a parent is not easy. It is up to the parents within reason.
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Originally Posted by hunterseat
When my son was in 1st grade, we lived about .9 miles from school. It was under a mile (sheah, right) so the bus wouldn't get him.
These examples are irrelevant. The child lived more than a mile from school, and he was going home from day care (at the school). The father dropped him off a mile from home.
The child obviously lived more than a mile from school because the father picked him up at the school where he was attending day care and drove him all but one mile from home, then made him get out of the car to walk the rest of the way. So your experience is not equivalent. As the dad was picking the child up probably after HIS work, the highway was probably busy with commuter traffic. A neighbor picked up the child, not a total stranger.
An 8-year-old in daycare? Isn't that first or second grade?
^That! The son was 8 years old. I'm thinking that maybe he didn't even understand why he was in time-out and I would have asked the teacher not grilled the kid and dumped him on the highway.
My children had quite a few friends who said "I don't know" on a regular basis. Every single of them knew. It was their way of trying to avoid getting into trouble. I can understand parents wanting to hear it from their child instead of needing to go to the teacher for simple answers. I accomplished this by raising my children the same way my parents raised me. If you told me before I heard from someone else, you were not punished. Depending on the situation, there may be consequences that need to be dealt with but no additional punishment. My kids would run home to tell on themselves. I was never taken off guard by an unexpected phone call informing me of something. I always told them I wanted to hear from them first and I created an environment that made them comfortable to do that.
An 8-year-old in daycare? Isn't that first or second grade?
Yes, this was an after school daycare program. Most parents who work use daycare for after school until they get out of work. Eight can be second or third grade actually.
An 8-year-old in daycare? Isn't that first or second grade?
It's normally called 'after care'.....school gets out at 3ish...parents work until 5 or so....there has to be someone to take care of the gap. Depending on what time the school day starts, they may also run 'before school' care. They also may run summer and/or quarter break (if a year around schedule) programs.
In my area, the YMCA is now contracted out to run the programs....on other areas they are part of the school system or they have other community programs run them.
An 8-year-old in daycare? Isn't that first or second grade?
It's very common these days for parents to not leave kids alone at all until they're twelve or older.
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