Mom Says Get Out, Drives Off

Do not because you are angry at, on the way to treat your child.

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Come on, these are American kids, the mom shouldn't have expected them to walk a whole 3 miles much less 3 feet. :-)

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SKL...have fun with it all! My kids are now 17, 23, and 25 and all very independent. I doubt that anyone would be too happy being dropped off on an interstate with no phone! She is fortunately out of the relationship, has completed college, and gainfully employed. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy, your little ones! As a teacher in a childcare center, and now age 55, I realize there are things I missed with my kids, and I was home with them 20 years! It is really true what you hear while raising your kids...."Little children, little problems...big children, big problems!" The point I was trying to make is don't do something rash, all in the name of discipline, that you might regret for the rest of your life. The "National Association for the Education of Young Children" offers a wealth of information as does "Better Kid Care" (Univ.of Penn State). Once again, enjoy each day with your little ones because they really do grow up quickly.....

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Our boys are all three self sufficient, well rounded individuals each with their own special personality. The truth of the matter is we all have an opinion and are entitled to it, what someone else thinks is not going to change our minds. Yesterday afternoon as I was reading new post on this subject our oldest son who is 14 came into the room and asked what I was doing. He read the article himself and without giving him my own opinion I asked him what he thought. Without hesitation his response was why would any mother do that, why not just punish the girls when they got home? Then he said, "You love us too much to ever do anything like that." What if something had happened to the girls, the mom would never forgive herself he said. I then told him that sometimes moms and dads get caught up in the moment and do really stupid things that they later regret and that this mom I'm sure regretted what she had done. As far as did she break the law, if the article is accurate she is an associate at a law firm and should have known that she might be breaking the law when she put the girls out. If the charges do stick she has no one to blame but herself after all she was the only adult in the situation, the girls won't be held accountable for her actions. All of us view things differently, what I see as possible dangers obviously others do not, and seem to have the statistics to back it up and that's fine, I just don't want one of my boys to be that obviously rare case according to statistics of," How could this have happened", and it have happened all because I didn't think before I acted. For me this subject is closed.

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I think that everyone (except for Brittany andEH) is completly stupid. I mean I would never drop my kids off on the side of the rode just because they were arguing. I would take them to my house and hande it then. SLK you don't even get the point. They were 3 miles from home and the mom dropped off her kids and said goobye!! You don't see anything wrong with that?? You are the stupidest person in the world to think that isn't wrong!
I agree with the police that she should have gone to jail. That bitch deserves it.
Those are just my opinions.

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I am the mother of 4 boys ages 16,15,14, and 12 1/2, and step-mother to a 24 year old ,also a boy. Believe me, there have been many times that I have come close to getting into automobile accidents due to the fact that someone keeps hitting someone in the backseat, or someone won't shut their mouth!! all of the bickering back and forth really is a HUGE distraction for the driver of the car!! I have tried pulling over to the side of the road and talking to the boys about their behavior in the car, do we really think they care? The answer is no!!!! The problem with kids today, is the fact that they are afraid of nothing!!! If they feel they are treated unfairly or disciplined the wrong way, they can dial the phone and have some agency all over the parent in a second. I applaud the mother who made the girls walk home!! Bet they will listen to her the next time she tells them to stop doing something! or, perhaps, maybe they will think twice before they act up again! Maybe, after the kids have been taken out of their home, they will appreciate what they have, and learn a valuable lesson ! However, the older daughter should be ashamed of herself for not keeping a watch on her younger sibling! If there is one thing our kids should always be made aware of is, there is safety in numbers. Its a lot easier to be abducted or become a victim of a violent crime if there is only one of you!

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In my opinion children should be protected by the law. However nowadays too much power is placed in the hands of children by adults and other authority figures even their own parents.

My daughter is 7-years old and told me one day that she is allowed, according to what she learned in school and daycare, to call the police on her parents.

I responded to her that if she is being physically hurt by her parents, or others that she should dial 911 if she feels in danger. However, she took it to mean if she is not given what she wants when she wants it that in her 7-year old mind that is considered "abuse".

I think an emphasis on children is very important. However I do not believe the Mother was thinking clearly when she let her children walk home. I would never let my child walk home by themselves no matter location or closeness to home.

However, in my opinion the Mother did not do it with malice or criminal intent to hurt her own kids.

I think parents are scared to raise their voices to their own children (myself included). Children understand instant gratification and play the system even put one parent against the other parent
to get what they want.

Also, I think authorities and agencies are so afraid of being sued these days that they sometimes respond way beyond the call of duty in a lot of so-called "abuse" cases.

My daughter is a well-behaved child and I rarely have problems with her. However, when she told me she could call the police on me my eyes opened really wide and I realized what a different world it is today then when I was growing up.

Do not take my comments wrong, I am very happy that educators, law enforcement and even "Good Samaritans" etc.....are doing more to protect children.

But in the process we need to make sure as a society we do not make parent's afraid to raise their own children to become productive well-behaved members of our "society"..

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