again, you totally miss the point. the point is this school screwed up and altered this child's routine without the parent's knowledge. that is unacceptable.
The kid was only required to do what every other kid in the school district must do if they live within 1 1/2 miles of the school.
What makes this mother's kid so special. If attacks are happeny, why aren't they happening to all the other kids who already walk to school?
Geez, lady, the school said it was a mistake, not some sort of "final solution" here.
The mother is supposed to be meeting with the school. THe article says that a meeting is going to happen. She hasn't even gotten the other side of the story yet.
However, rather than act like a responsible parent and get to the bottom of things before flying off the handle, mommy here goes on television, sobbing her eyes out, and parades her kid out there for the world as some sort of victim.
Basically, this "mother of the year" just told her kid "when something goes wrong, blame everyone else, go on TV and declare yourself a victim."
Way to teach some character and conflict resolution there.
Sheesh.
And Luckily, from the sound of it, it was a mature 5 year old.
I take the kids to school whenever I am off, and I guarantee you as small as my town is 1.5 miles long, about 6 blocks wide) Half of the kids at 5, would not make the trip accurately.
If you live in some lovely Bucolic setting, where kidlets are free to wander before they are even in school that is one thing, but in most suburban climes there is far too much car traffic for 5 year olds to be out wandering around.