Mother arrested for letting child walk to the store

[Strike 5,542]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/10-year-old-walks-alone-mile-away-georgia-home-leading-mothers-arrest-rcna180162

[jerryskids 6,797]

The poosification of our children continues.   

[Reality 3,121]

10 is probably still too young but, arresting somebody over it? Absurd.

[Mike Honcho 5,275]

She's a bit of a MILF

[Strike 5,542]

1 minute ago, Mike Honcho said:

She's a bit of a MILF

I HOPE that is one thing we can all agree on

[Alias Detective 1,401]

23 minutes ago, Strike said:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/10-year-old-walks-alone-mile-away-georgia-home-leading-mothers-arrest-rcna180162

Your thread title is akin to a black male was just out for a jog.   Do better.

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

When my dad was a kid, his parents would have him walk to the gas station with a note and some money.  It was permission for him to buy cigarettes and bring them back home.  Times have changed a little bit.

[Sean Mooney 1,983]

What a weird story. It doesn't go into it but is there some law on the books in Georgia that would indicate about leaving a kid home alone below a certain age? There are a lot of things that places like CYS and that can get involved, but man this feels like a big overreach by the police barring anything on the books law wise. 

[seafoam1 3,023]

The key to the story..."Forced to post $500".

What 10 year old kid hasn't walked around at least a mile from his home? 

[Alias Detective 1,401]

20 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

When my dad was a kid, his parents would have him walk to the gas station with a note and some money.  It was permission for him to buy cigarettes and bring them back home.  Times have changed a little bit.

I could purchase anything I wanted in the late 80's.  No permission needed for tobacco.

[seafoam1 3,023]

Just now, Alias Detective said:

I could purchase anything I wanted in the late 80's.  No permission needed for tobacco.

Maybe that was because you were 40 years old at the time. 

[TBayXXXVII 2,545]

Just now, Alias Detective said:

I could purchase anything I wanted in the late 80's.  No permission needed for tobacco.

Yup.  My mom and dad both smoked... they'd pull up to the door of the local liquor or stationary store and my brother and/or I would hop out and buy their cigarettes.  No questions asked.

[posty 2,700]

Seafoam’s mom always let them wander away from home…. She was always pissed that they found the way home again…

[Fnord 2,265]

28 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

The poosification of our children continues.   

If only it was limited to this. 

I'm sure every generation says "kids today are different" but it's never been more true. Kids today are being sheltered from the real world in favor of the virtual (screens, games, social media, youtube, etc.). They are used to being perpetually watched and told what to do, used to having instant gratification, and have little need to remember anything or learn how to do things for themselves. They assume they can do whatever they set their mind to because in the virtual reality in which they spend their time, there is always a reset, cheat, or dopamine payoff. When they discover they actually cannot do what they assume they can, they get mad. After all, real life doesn't pay off nearly as consistently as the virtual.

[Alias Detective 1,401]

1 minute ago, Fnord said:

If only it was limited to this. 

I'm sure every generation says "kids today are different" but it's never been more true. Kids today are being sheltered from the real world in favor of the virtual (screens, games, social media, youtube, etc.). They are used to being perpetually watched and told what to do, used to having instant gratification, and have little need to remember anything or learn how to do things for themselves. They assume they can do whatever they set their mind to because in the virtual reality in which they spend their time, there is always a reset, cheat, or dopamine payoff. When they discover they actually cannot do what they assume they can, they get mad. After all, real life doesn't pay off nearly as consistently as the virtual.

Good post.

[seafoam1 3,023]

Just now, posty said:

Seafoam’s mom always let them wander away from home…. She was always pissed that they found the way home again…

posty's mom at the age of 20 looked like current day nancy pelosi. She drank and did crack through the whole pregnancy. Hence....posty. 

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

Fascinating.  My elementary school was two miles from home.  Routinely starting in first grade we would walk or bike there.  We had a creek behind our house.  We might ice skate in the winter over to a park three miles away as the crow flies and five miles by car.  By the time i was in fourth grade we moved.  Town was five miles away.  We would bike in when we had a few coins to get some candy.  By the time I was in sixth grade i had taken up collecting coins.  One saturday with my parents blessing we (a buddy and me) road our bikes into town.  We boarded a bus for Milwaukee and went to the train station.  we rode a train to chicago and then walked to a coin shop.  We then returned.  No parents involved.  Nobody thought anything of it.  In the summers we might be gone and out of supervision from morning until dinner time and after dinner until dark.  Times change I guess.  I know my daughters, for instance, where never left unsupervised for an instant until they were 122 or so and then, rarely.  Once thye could drive they had to check in upon reaching their destinations.  Of course they are daughters.  had i had a son I probzbly would have let him run feral.

[jerryskids 6,797]

1 hour ago, Engorgeous George said:

Fascinating.  My elementary school was two miles from home.  Routinely starting in first grade we would walk or bike there.  We had a creek behind our house.  We might ice skate in the winter over to a park three miles away as the crow flies and five miles by car.  By the time i was in fourth grade we moved.  Town was five miles away.  We would bike in when we had a few coins to get some candy.  By the time I was in sixth grade i had taken up collecting coins.  One saturday with my parents blessing we (a buddy and me) road our bikes into town.  We boarded a bus for Milwaukee and went to the train station.  we rode a train to chicago and then walked to a coin shop.  We then returned.  No parents involved.  Nobody thought anything of it.  In the summers we might be gone and out of supervision from morning until dinner time and after dinner until dark.  Times change I guess.  I know my daughters, for instance, where never left unsupervised for an instant until they were 122 or so and then, rarely.  Once thye could drive they had to check in upon reaching their destinations.  Of course they are daughters.  had i had a son I probzbly would have let him run feral.

Vampire LeStat, is that you?   

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

34 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

Vampire LeStat, is that you?   

Nice!  Apparently I have the shakes.  Maybe I ought to get a drink.

 

I'm going to leave it right were it is so your post never app-ears out of context.

[IGotWorms 4,058]

She was probably a massive kvnt when the cops called her.

But still, it’s stupid.

[easilyscan 925]

7 hours ago, Fnord said:

If only it was limited to this. 

I'm sure every generation says "kids today are different" but it's never been more true. Kids today are being sheltered from the real world in favor of the virtual (screens, games, social media, youtube, etc.). They are used to being perpetually watched and told what to do, used to having instant gratification, and have little need to remember anything or learn how to do things for themselves. They assume they can do whatever they set their mind to because in the virtual reality in which they spend their time, there is always a reset, cheat, or dopamine payoff. When they discover they actually cannot do what they assume they can, they get mad. After all, real life doesn't pay off nearly as consistently as the virtual.

A+

[Hardcore troubadour 15,430]

Rusty’s mom let him play in traffic whenever he wanted. She was very encouraging. 

[gas 157]

13 hours ago, Hawkeye21 said:

When my dad was a kid, his parents would have him walk to the gas station with a note and some money.  It was permission for him to buy cigarettes and bring them back home.  Times have changed a little bit.

Oh man, you know they humped like bunnies as soon as he was out of the house.  

[Hawkeye21 2,399]

7 hours ago, gas said:

Oh man, you know they humped like bunnies as soon as he was out of the house.  

Sure