Mortal Danger, Will Robinson!!
Posted on 05/30/2014 10:04:06 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
A Hawaiian man has been sentenced to one year of probation for making his misbehaving son walk a mile home from school.
Robert Demond was also fined $200 and ordered to attend parenting classes after a judge called the punishment "old-school" and "no longer appropriate."
"These are different times," Judge Kathleen Watanabe told the defendant.
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I walked further than this (1.5 mi.)
to school while in first grade
Sun,Rain,Ice,Snow
I walked more than that every day from school AFTER football practice. It wasn’t punishment, it was how I got home.
It depends on the age of the kid.If he’s 6 then it’s out of line.If he’s 15 it’s perfectly fine.On second though,if it’s unsafe....no sidewalk + busy road for example...that might be out of line too.
Mortal Danger, Will Robinson!!
I used to ride a bus to school, but I walked home every day, I suppose because the kids got out at different times, so taking a bus would be complicated.
I started doing it in First Grade, when I was six. I’d usually walk with a couple of friends who lived along the way. Most of the way was along Central Avenue, which was a four-lane highway with lots of traffic—and no sidewalks.
We knew enough to cross the highway where there was a red light, and to stay out of the way of cars and trucks.
No big deal. We took our time, chatted, occasionally stopped to do a bit of arm wrestling, or whatnot. Good way to pass the time.
Sadly, that is right. I walked about a mile to school in first grade thru fourth on many occasions and no one thought anything about it. We never even locked our doors. Today, no way I would let my child walk that same route with the number of creeps out there.
That said, I do not know the area nor the situation involved here, so will not judge the parental decision but will say this seems rather an odd case to make it to court and officially sanction a parent over. But then as your comment says, these are "different times" and we're stuck with em for now.
You need to pay attention to your father. One mile is really no big deal. We did, indeed, walk to and from school - 2 1/2 miles each way and yes, there were some pretty steep hills going to school.
We never did have 6 feet of snow but often had as much as one to three feet. When that happened we at least had a horse to ride. My daddy would wrap me in a blanket, put me in the saddle, tie me on, whap the horse on the rear and off we would go. Horse spent the day with everyone else’s in the lean to by the school and the teacher would help you get down and unwrapped. Then at the end of the day the process would be repeated.
The worst part of the winter was having to use the outdoor bathroom.
My kids rode their bicycles to grade school but when I was young a bicycle was a true luxury and no one I knew had one.
This kid in Hawaii had it way too easy, regardless of his age, unless he was in pre-K. Judge needs to butt out and father needed to “man up” when he appeared in front of the judge.
Uphill? Both ways? In six feet of snow
And I used to carry my little sister on my shoulders also. With no shoes. Kids today are wuss.
Not enough was done in this matter. Not only should he have had to walk home but a spanking would have been administered and he would have been sent to bed without dinner then after all that dun in he would be grounded for a week.
Screw you judge you are not the parent of this child and you can shove your class you you A hole.
Well I didn’t have it quite that bad BUT
When I was in Cub Scouts the Den Mother’s home was about a mile and a half South of the school and my home was about a mile and a half North of the school.
Well the short of it is that on meeting nights I would walk that 1 ½ miles to the meeting through whatever weather (I do remember slogging through snow that was more than knee deep) in an area without sidewalks.
So after a one hour meeting I would have at least a one hour walk home in the dark (during the majority of the school year).
It wasn’t punishment and no one ever seemed to think it was unusually harsh for me to walk that distance at my young age of six. I don’t recall ever getting a ride from another boy’s parent.
The judge is an idiot that should mind her own business.
i waked over a mile to school from time I started school and lived in the Silverlake hills in Los Angeles and the only sidewalks were the last 200 yards.
The one school I didn't walk to or from was White Salmon High. It was 15 miles from us. I wasn't fleet of foot nor an early riser. <8^)
Ed
Not to sound like an old fart, but I walked home a mile from school EVERY DAY. And having to walk home from football practice after school was a special treat. I did this until my senior year when I was old enough to drive the spare car.
CC
What a damned joke we have become.
A mile is NOTHING.
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In grade school I walked about two and a half miles to and from each day. In junior high it was roughly five miles. High school was a little over one. (I had a bike for much of junior high, but after it was stolen it was back to hoofing.) So, today I am 60 with a flat stomach and muscular legs.
That's the most important question, isn't it? Unfortunately, not only does the article not have that information, but we also can't guess from what we do know. The kid (well, the father) resides in Kilauea on Kauai. And there are several schools there covering K-12. So this could be a five year old or an 18 year old.
My boys walks to school (50 feet from the bedrooms to the kitchen. :-) ) I hope they won’t call on us for having them walk.
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