Fannin County mom arrested because 10 yr old son walked to the store alone.

Back when I was a kid, we walked miles and miles. In the summer when school was out, we left home every morning and didn't come back until dark, if then. We also rode bikes for long distances.

And that is part of the reason we didn't have the childhood obesity problem we have now.
 
As long as we were home before dark we pretty much walk or rode bikes or skateboards everywhere. We would walk a mile and a half to buy a bag of marshmellows just to eat them on the way back home. I wonder why I developed type II diabetes
 
I just rode this everywhere

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At 10, my dad sent me to the local gas station to buy him a carton of cigarettes when he ran out. I could walk or ride my bike. Crazy that they would sell a 10 year old cigarettes....
 
I guess my thought is that we expect so little of our kids, it is no wonder they are not ready to be in charge of themselves at 16. So many don't even start driving until into their 20's.

At age 18, mom and dad are paying for everything because they don't have, and never have had jobs. No yard care, babysitting or fast food experience.

It is an odd world we are living in.
 
Far West said:
At 10, my dad sent me to the local gas station to buy him a carton of cigarettes when he ran out. I could walk or ride my bike. Crazy that they would sell a 10 year old cigarettes....
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Yep, crazy to think my dad would stop by a 7/11 store and have me or my brother go inside to get his Marlboro cigs while he waited in the car. We knew not to even ask if we could get an Icee, that was only for special occasions…like on the way home from literally working all Saturday at the farm. Sometimes we even drive down dirt roads looking for wild plums to gather or empty “coke” bottles to redeem at the store. Strange as it sounds those are special and fond memories which I’ll never forget.
 
Got to admit, I'm on the fence about this one. While some 10x year olds might be mature enough to handle something like that walk, there are others that are not. And I believe the world today is not nearly a safe place for kids to make that sort of walk, no matter where it is.

On the other hand, I think the local authorities went overboard on the handcuffs and arrest. Thinking a warning might be enough, although sounds like the woman was feisty enough to throw the warning back in their face.

Don't know enough about the area, the kid, or the parent to make a judgement call. I do know I'd probably not have let one of my grands of today make that walk at that age.
 
During an interview, she said her son didn't want to go with her to a sibiliings chiropractor's appointment. She told him to stay home. When I was a kid, stay home meant exactly that. It didn't mean I could invite friends over or go anywhere while Mom and Dad were gone. It meant exactly what they said. If I had been that kid, people would only be seeing me at school and church. I would be confined to the house for a long time. Oh, and that's after a spanking.
 
It may not be the smartest thing a mom could do but I don't think it requires arrest. Making much of nothing, I'm guessing the charges will eventually be dropped.
 
Boss 302 said:
During an interview, she said her son didn't want to go with her to a sibiliings chiropractor's appointment. She told him to stay home.
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Interesting. I saw from the link that they offered to drop the charges if she installed a GPS tracking program on the kid's phone, that actually sounds reasonable (if it were my child) - but she dug her heels in and said no
 
MacDaddy said:
Interesting. I saw from the link that they offered to drop the charges if she installed a GPS tracking program on the kid's phone, that actually sounds reasonable (if it were my child) - but she dug her heels in and said no
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Frankly, if I had children living at home today, I would have GPS tracking on their phones so I would know where they are. It would also be helpful if they got lost or were abducted.
 
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