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In reply to the discussion: Parents are charged after their son, 7, is struck dead in a car accident while walking to the store [View all]
MIButterfly
(2,061 posts)15. When I was under 10, my mother would send me alone to the store two-and-a-half blocks away to get her cigarettes!
Edited to add that I think this is a horrible thing to do to the parents, who have suffered enough with the loss of their child. That's just cruel. Why don't they go after some real criminals?
I believe in holding negligent parents responsible, but this wasn't a case of negligence. It was a tragic accident.
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Parents are charged after their son, 7, is struck dead in a car accident while walking to the store [View all]
Nevilledog
Jun 2025
OP
When I was 10, I would walk across the rural road into a farmer's field regularly.
Archae
Jun 2025
#1
I shudder to think of some of the crazy and careless things I did as a child
NH Ethylene
Jun 2025
#4
Over at Youtube there are a number of videos showing what us kids in the 1960's and 70's had, that would be banned now.
Archae
Jun 2025
#9
But if the younger brother shot the older brother with the father's pistol,...
magicarpet
Jun 2025
#7
I walked by myself to kindergarten which was a mile away and I had to cross two arterials to get there.
OMGWTF
Jun 2025
#10
My mom would occasionally send me to the local bodega at age four in the Bronx.
Squaredeal
Jun 2025
#41
Certainly a tragedy, but not sure charges are appropriate if facts are as in excerpt.
Silent Type
Jun 2025
#6
There are many parents who relish attacking other parents in situations like this.
NH Ethylene
Jun 2025
#86
This kind of thing has been reported for pretty much every race/orientation/ethnicity.
Igel
Jun 2025
#73
When I was under 10, my mother would send me alone to the store two-and-a-half blocks away to get her cigarettes!
MIButterfly
Jun 2025
#15
Who's to say the same thing wouldn't have happened with his mother standing right there?
MIButterfly
Jun 2025
#46
What justice is served by incarcerating the parents and leaving the older brother with the burden that not only did his
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2025
#21
'duty to supervise' - meaning parent must be in attendance at all times? 24/7?
stopdiggin
Jun 2025
#28
Makes as much sense as charging parents who send their kids to school where they die in a mass shooting
Ponietz
Jun 2025
#59
10-year-olds can generally gauge the speed of cars and are ready to cross the street on their own.
LudwigPastorius
Jun 2025
#25
I agree that 10-year-olds are competent to cross streets by themselves, and that mother shouldn't be charged . . .BUT
markpkessinger
Jun 2025
#61