Mom Faces Jail for Making Son Walk to School

God forbid kids actually walk anywhere or do any work, let's pretend we don't know what's behind the rise in childhood obesity.

And exactly what did the little darlin' do to get suspended from riding the bus? Sound to me like walking was a great idea

It's getting harder and harder for the village to raise a child. That's because the village is filled with idiots! "Hear ye, hear ye all mothers who make their children walk will be arrested," says the village crier.

How did most of us survive into adulthood? Seems our parents should have been arrested, but no one knew it. No little helmets on our heads. No personal chauffeur service to and from school. Played kickball right in the street. Chores. God, I think if you add up all the time for these (and other) infractions our parents would have served life sentences without parole. Gee, I would love to visit you, mom, dad, but I have to go clean my room now...

And what would they have done if the mother did not have a car, arrest her for not having one and making him walk. A school bus is a privilege not a right, he juvenile delinquent got kicked off for a reason. He should have been made to walk. Give the woman a medal for teaching him right from wrong.

What is going on in this country? Has accountability gone out the window? Now parents are being punished for disciplining their children? This parent didn't beat their child, they didn't lock them in a basement and starve them, they simply had the audacity to make their child WALK to school when he got suspended from the bus. I hope this parent sues the agency that is charging her with a crime. This is just another example of Big Brother trying to raise our children the way THEY want them raised, with NO accountability whatsoever for their actions. I support and applaud this mother, and hopefully others around the country will too.

There was a drunk driver who only got two years in prison for driving the wrong way on a highway and killing a women. I hope the mother doesn't get prison time for being a good parent.

This is an interesting story, my husband and I were just telling our son that if he got kicked off the bus, he would have to walk to school... I guess we need to check the child abuse laws... and while we're at it, my parents, grandparents, etc... need to be charged as well. This is ridiculous, just another case of an entitled youth that needs to be taught responsibility and structure.

Gawd what a nanny state we have become.
A long time ago, when I was in grade school in Spokane WA my friends and I walked just over 5 miles to school (Adams Elementary) and back every day including all winter long. I do not recall it as a negative experience at all.

Maybe this will teach him not to get kicked off the bus! Kids do whatever they please, and parents are expected to pick up the pieces. Good for Mom! Behave on the bus, follow rules, and you'll be fine.

The same cop that arrested the mother will be arresting the kid in the future. hemother will e afraid of discipling the kid, for fearof being arrested. I'm speaking from experience.My kid was suspended from the bus, from school and anything else. His teacher asked him if he got in trouble for being suspended. He told her that he got a whipping(He did not). I ended up in court for child abuse and had to go to counseling for six months.
I did make him walk to school, but I followed him.

Now we know why so many kids are morbidly obese. 30 degrees is not that cold. Where I come from, that is considered warm.

WTH??? He got suspended from the bus, Skateboard, Bike, anything with wheels etc........30 degree weather? Kiss my hind quarter...........try -20 or less........and wind chill.......and lots of snow...........ANY kid can be abducted at a bus stop.......walking is hardly a reason for abduction.

Only 4.6 miles. maybe he'd appreciate the bus next time he gets to use it.

I think these #$%$ need to watch Little House On the Prairie or the Waltons. It used to be a way of life to walk to school. I really liked the part where it said you could been abducted. You mean all those spy cameras , drones and really brave first responders still aren't protecting us? Tell me it isn't so. lol

I walked 5 miles to and from school (uphill both ways) every day through 3 feet of snow with cereal box tops covering the holes in the soles of my shoes. No, wait a minute, that was MY parents. I took the bus.

The mom might not be a terrific parent, and maybe she did other things wrong, but geez: at what age can a kid go outside unaccompanied without getting the parent arrested? Is it 12? 17? Anybody can get "injured" or "abducted" at any age.

This is silly. Children have walked much further and in much colder weather for centuries. First they say you can't spank your child. Now they say other forms of punishment aren't acceptable either. This is the reason that most children these days are arrogant lazy brats.

Many times kids lie and say they are afraid they will get beaten when the parents haven't whipped them or even threatened to whip them. So, he may not have feared being beaten. Kids know all the hot words to use.

The School suspends him from riding the bus and now law enforcement arrest the mother for making him walk. Thus the only option would be for mom to take him to school which rewards the child behavior. Maybe the school district should be arrested for not allowing the child to ride the bus.