boys punishment results in mother being punished

I agree she should not of made him go to school that distance alone.

yes if she or another adult had walked with him there would have been no trouble. cleveland a big city thats just plain reckless.

I agree with Kat, there is always more to the story than what we hear. I had to walk to school when I was a kid and that was a few miles. The exercise never did kill me.

The boy didn't miss the bus he was kicked off the bus multiple times for bad behavior on the bus and I think the Mother was at her wits end. Walking would make him realize that it's better to take the bus than to walk all that way.

It would still depend on his age and location to determine whether that was an appropriate punishment or not.

we think a lot alike, Shaggin...you should be worried. I responded before reading through. He yelled. I would like to know what he yelled and more about the situation. Did he yell at the bus driver? Was he just loud and boistrous? Back in my day, the bus driver would make such a kid sit up in the front seat right and not near his buddies. He's 10. If the mom felt that he deserved to be kicked off the bus then she should have walked to school with him. I would have if I felt that was the right punishment. 5 miles is a long way. I would never ever risk something happening to my child by allowing him to walk that far. In the video, he came across as mature beyond his years and very respectful.

Today there was a different bus driver on my daughters bus. He came a little earlier then the other bus drivers usually do so she wound up missing the bus. It was about 50 out so I put my son in the stroller and my daughter and I walked to the the school which is about a half mile away maybe less. It took us about 15 minutes. It was a nice morning to take a short walk. I would have driven though if I had a choice but my van is in the garage getting fixed.

Don't you think we need more to this story? it says he "yelled". Was he angry or was he just loud?

Exactly and it seems now days the kids can get away with more because every little punishment could raise an eyebrow and in turn make the parent the guilty one instead of the child. What is she going to make him do sit in the naughty chair? That works with kids that are not school age but now days you need to a punishment to fit the "crime". I agree riding a bike would be a good suggestion or going along with him because it is such a distance. Plus one would want to ensure he got to school to, it's not like it's a few blocks away.

I agree I know many children who walk that alone to and from school especially in the city. I know some people find that a harsh punishment for missing the bus Some of the kids around here walk to school because they miss the bus or they have no other way home due to parents having to work.

Great answer! Exactly and she could beg the judge for leiniency if this was a first offense. No child comes with a manual other than common sense in most instances.

I agree to that too. Clearly the boy needed some punishment although maybe his behaviour should have been stopped in another way before. But I´m worried about children that are never stopped or punished and end up being predators. So, the mother is to blame whether she punishes and if she doesn´t punish? I believe that rights should go together with duties. It seems that children now have a lot of rights and no duties at all. So things get out of control.

One reason things get out of control is because the government has decided it knows more about parenting than a child's parents. It has decided parents shouldn't spank their children and children learn they can report their parents to social services for it in some cases. The people they send out to help teach parents what they can and can't do under threat of taking their children away may be single and divorced with no children of their own. They regurgitate the textbook answers they got in social work classes. The little children -- the infants and toddlers who can't protect themselves -- are often the most abused children and in the most danger. This abuse often goes undetected. But preteens and teens have learned about the system, including protective services, maybe even in school, and report their parents for anything they perceive as injustice -- real, imagined, or made up. The child is always right in the eyes of protective services. So when parents try to enforce the boundaries they've set for these children, they can in trouble -- just as this parent did. Will parents make mistakes? Sure they will. Will police officers and social workers make mistakes? You bet they will. And so will judges. Yet, the government holds parents responsible if a child doesn't go to school or breaks other laws. Parents can win. If they try to discipline their children, the government gets after them. If they can't control their children, the government holds them responsible. Not every child will respond to a "time out" or loss of privileges. Some children might need a spanking -- not a beating -- just a spanking. Most of us over 40 or 50 remember having to go pick out the switch we knew would connect with or little legs when we were disorient. Many who are in their 70's or 80's remember sessions in the woodshed with their dads. Guess what? We didn't have near as many juvenile violent offenders in those days. When I was in high school in the 1950's very few in my high school class got in trouble with the law, and there offenses were hardly ever violent. One of the boys who used to steal hubcaps from people parked at church while his parents thought he was at church himself grew up to be the mayor of that city 40 years later. And we considered him a juvenile delinquent -- even though he wasn't caught. I don't advocate child abuse. But I will say that many unabusive practices many of us faced as children that were somewhat painful temporarily did make us think twice about repeating the behavior. I wonder how many of those who commit violent crimes might not have if their parents had disciplined them fairly and consistently (not in the heat of anger) when they needed it. I know many who were actually abused physically and emotionally do later become violent. But there are many others that were simply given no enforced boundaries or were simply yelled at with no real consequences if they misbehaved.

She should have walked with him. You don't take risks with your child's safety..simple. What did he do bad? He yelled. I really want to know more of the story before calling this kid "bad". He did not come across as "bad" in the video. What did he "yell"? What was the situation? This kid is 10 and 5 miles is a long way. If he really was bad then sure, but make sure he is safe and that he is not walking alone! She was on vacation so there is no excuse. IF he was bad enough to warrant this punishment then if she was unable to walk with him, she should have found someone that could. You should not let a 10yr old walk that distance on his own.

I don't know the law in AK but in most states to remove a student from the bus you have to give the student Due Process. I don't know what he was removed for, I would be willing to bet it was not just for talking. Having dealt with students like him they see nothing wrong with their behavior. I have had students tell me that hitting another students was not that bad. Some even deny they did anything even if it is on video. The problem is that the school can not make any comments on this case so we only have the boys side of the story.

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