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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]
stopdiggin
(15,034 posts)27. this is NOT any form of abuse or neglect (IMO)
and the state (executive) does damage to the law by bring charges in cases that abridge common sense application.
Children sometimes make poor decisions, with (occasional) unfortunate result - but that does not translate into a requirement that they must be under 24 hours supervision and/or lock-down. The expectation is neither reasonable - nor really even healthy.
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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