It was dinnertime on October 30, 2024, when police handcuffed Brittany Patterson in front of three of her four children and drove her to the station in
  • adp1314@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I started walking to school when I was eight. My parents made sure I knew the way and that was that. And on our bikes we went wayyy farther than a mile unsupervised

    • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
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      2 months ago

      My oldest (8) bikes to school nearly every day.

      His younger brother is allowed to walk to school next year when he is 6.

      It is fairly normal here for kids, that are above 6/7, to walk to and from school if it isn’t too far.

  • frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    Dunno how I’d have gotten home from school or to soccer practice if I needed an adult, ffs I was staying alone overnight and cooking dinner for myself by 5th grade. How do you acquire independence and skills with someone hovering all the fucking time?

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      You don’t.

      Source: raised by a single parent who yelled and chased me out of the kitchen anytime I tried asking questions of what he was doing.

      Now 41, and have NO CLUE how to cook.

  • pinkystew@reddthat.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I want jail to not be the default setting in this country.

    Maybe she’s a shitty parent, but that’s something that can be worked on. She can be taught. It’s not like she’s some kind of soulless paycopath going from house to house traumatizing all the kids. There is absolutely no need to lock his person up.

    And now that she’s locked up, the kid has no parent at all. Does anyone really think this is the best solution?

    I wish my people weren’t so fucking lazy. Do the work. Figure something else out. Find out how to address this individual’s needs without just waving your hand and saying, put her in jail and move on.

    • BatmanAoD@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      For what it’s worth, she was “quickly” released on bail (the article doesn’t say how quickly), and the prosecution is not seeking further jail time but rather for the mom to sign a “safety plan” (although not signing could indeed lead to a year of jail time).

      Your point is correct, but “the kid has no parent at all” isn’t (currently) true.

      Edit: just saw the body-cam footage of the arrest, and wow, they really didn’t seem to care at all about the fact that taking the mom to jail would leave the kids with no one to watch them, despite that ostensibly being the entire reason for the arrest.

  • masterofn001@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Lol. When I was 10 me and a friend would take a bus TO ANOTHER COUNTRY and hang out at the arena to wait for the teams so we could get our hockey cards autographed.

    I still have that niklas lidstrom rookie card.