typical media hype wrote:
Anyway, we all know that the main online newspaper business model is to get clicks by posting stories that make people mad about something, and that this is often accomplished by presenting a one-sided story that sounds completely ridiculous due to omitted facts.
It's not really an on-line newspaper, it's The Washington Post.
I have a physical newspaper that I picked up with my hands and read this article since the link didn't work for me.
The facts are clear enough. The kids got picked up because they were walking without an adult and CPS got involved.
My daughters started the year at ages 10 and 8 and we live a half mile from their school.
For the last two years (started at ages 8 and 6) I drive them about halfway and drop them off about a quarter mile straight shot to the school and then I drive in to work.
They are unsupervised for that stretch but a bunch of other kids and some parents are also walking along the route.
I wanted to let them walk from the house and do the half mile on their own even from age 6 but my wife wouldn't allow that so I have the quarter mile compromise which she still doesn't like.
I think these walks are much safer than the car rides they participate in all of the time everywhere.
And I agree that the kids gain something from it.
It should be a parent's decision for this situation.
Problem is, CPS doesn't need any law to be broken or any objective measure to invade your privacy. Sometimes that's good if there is real abuse and sometimes it's just an invasion of privacy.