Dad forces daughter to walk 5 miles to school in freezing weather after she was kicked off bus [tr]

Daily Mail ^ | Dec. 6, 2018 | Ariel Zilber

[bgill]

An Ohio father punished his daughter by making her walk five miles to school in 36 degrees after she was thrown off the bus for bullying. Matt Cox of Swanton said in a Facebook post that his 10-year-old daughter was suspended from the school bus last Friday. This was the second time that she had gotten into trouble for bullying. The young girl told her father that he would have to drive her to school for an entire week.

[oldvirginian]

“Furthermore, I “feel” that girls are often much more domineering than boys.”

I agree. Just something I’ve noticed over my lifetime, anecdotal evidence you might say.
My experience is that girls learn much earlier how to be manipulative and that leads to dominating others. Again anecdotal evidence.
I wonder if there is any hard research into that. There should be since our tax dollars are paying for research for everything under the sun.

[Vaduz]

Agree he brakes the rule of everyone knows how to rear a child except those who have one.

[HeadOn]

I dunno. By the time I was 10, I was disappointed if my Scout troop only did a 5-miler. I was doing 18 miles by 11 years old. Yep, I’m a boy, but girls are tough, too.

Took her probably less than two hours. No big deal. And, for the record, I probably would have opted not to make her walk, but instead, have her write a letter of apology, deliver it in person, and have her read it out loud. Maybe even invite her target to go to the amusement park with us.

That’s much more in line with correcting the behavior, in my opinion - don’t like somebody, leave them alone, or risk spending all next weekend being nice to them...

[RinaseaofDs]

The Daily Mail published this? No wonder Brits are going soft.

[Dr. Sivana]

I don’t know what you mean by “attachment parenting” leading to bullying. We did attachment parenting — and lots of breastfeeding for the older son (the one who wasn’t adopted)-— and our kids were both independent and respectful.

That’s why I placed the qualifier “sometimes”. By “Attachment Parenting” I mean the approach popularized by Dr. Sears. My point is that bullying behavior can sometimes occur even without the parents themselves being bullies, and with no substantial direct exposure of the child to any substantial amount of bullying behavior.

[Sequoyah101]

Sounds completely appropriate to me. Better to nip her behavior in the bud than to draw the mess out. Driving her to screwl won’t make any impression on her at all.

[Tax-chick]

Are you using “attachment parenting” to mean “lack of discipline,” basically?

[wardaddy]

I disagree

I’ve watched babies barely toddlers be very aggressive for what they want...like at 15 months

I’m not of the innocent tabula rasa viewpoint

I think good behavior is learned

Same as any animal

This is an old division of viewpoint no?

Inherent or learned.

[catnipman]

“Dad forces daughter to walk 5 miles to school in freezing weather “

probably uphill both ways too ... it certainly was when i had to walk to school and though only about a mile, it seemed like five ...

[Boardwalk]

The video went viral and every news organization seems to be covering it. That is the angle I am interesred in.

[Don W]

*I* used to cross a 4 lane major street at an uncontrolled intersection, then ride the CITY bus 4 miles, then walk 3 blocks through back alleys to get to first through third grades.

In a town known at the time as “Little Detroit”.

Coddling is putting it mildly.

[Dr. Sivana]

Are you using “attachment parenting” to mean “lack of discipline,” basically?

Since it’s has a number of components that are supposed to work together, I would not say it is merely a lack of discipline, though traditional forms of discipline are at odds with attachment parenting.

[credo 2]

Feb 1, 2014 - Alabama neurosurgeon walks 6 miles through (snow) storm to save patient: https://www.foxnews.com/health/alabama-neurosurgeon-walks-6-miles-in-snow-storm-to-perform-brain-surgery

This is a great story!

Dad must have known that she could walk - maybe someday she will use the experience for something good.

[SamAdams76]

36 degrees?

I might not see that kind of warmth again until March or April!

[Mollypitcher1]

I approve of everything he did. Others need to learn so why not publish her punishment to set an example!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

In my day... we walked ten miles uphill (both ways!) to school during blizzards barefoot with barbed wire wrapped around our feet for traction. :)

Actually the kid deserved it and since dad followed to make sure nothing happened to her it was a good lesson.

[Flaming Conservative]

I thought there were phones with parental overrides on them, so only parent’s number and 911, or whatever the parent wants, are accessible.

[Flaming Conservative]

A few more five mile walks should fix the oversize problem, but yeah, it may have been a case of her responding to bullying, herself. No way to know.

[Flaming Conservative]

He followed her with his car. How is that being an a**hole?

[angcat]

I know and if you scroll up you will see I corrected myself.