Do you, or have you ever had children?
Ever live in Syracuse?
Now, dont get me wrong, I think this Mom should take more responsibility for the welfare of her five year old child, but I dont think schools should require a five year old to walk unsupervised to and from school either.
Yes and no. But if Syracuse is that darn scary, then the woman should move.
Since this is obviously a mistake or miscommunication, not a deliberate act of the school's, I think the mother's sobbing and calling in the TV camera crews like this is the war in Iraq will do a lot more to damage her little pudge pot's self esteem than one walk on a cold day.