I was in fifth grade when I was ten.
I walked to school every day, and back, to swim lessons, to return a lawnmower once - I think this is circumstantial.
Not too cold? Kids know the way home? Not on the side of a busy freeway? Not too hot/no water? Kids not sick? Not in a bad neighborhood?
If the above circumstances were met, I wouldn’t convict were I on the jury.
In today’s world you would kick a 10 year old out of a car 3 miles from home? Kids are abducted every day in this country and you are one of those saying it is fine to make a kid walk home 3 miles? I give up - I don’t understand how anyone could think this is acceptable.... ground the kids when you get home - take their ipod or their computer but to kick them out of a car and say “see ya” is not good parenting..