On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 6:52 PM VaibhaV Sharma <[email protected]> wrote:
and with my youngest child now at a >> school she can walk to so I don't need to do school runs > > > In the US a statement like this would get you jailed, very likely. What a > strange society that has evolved into. > > > Curious why you say so. Certainly not a general state of things in the US. > Our school district in Milpitas, California has the concept of “safe > routes” which kids are encouraged to take to walk / bike to school. Bunch > of kids do. Most kids, being last minute birds to wake up, opt to be > dropped off. But the option is there > I was hunting for a specific case, but didn't find it. But a minute of searching turned up these, which basically tells me that - Some random person deciding to report you for child endangerment or abandonment for lett the kid walk to school alone - The CPS case worker deciding to file an adverse report (at their sole discretion) Could potentially lead to both the child being taken away as well as charges being filed against the parents. https://medicalkidnap.com/2015/01/16/cps-threatens-to-take-children-away-from-parents-for-letting-them-walk-to-the-park/ https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3453028 &c Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
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