Mom Who Made Son Walk to School Is Child Abuser -- Seriously?

By Marilisa Kinney Sachteleben | Yahoo! Contributor Network
COMMENTARY | Well, Stanley, here's another fine mess.
Valerie Borders, an Arkansas mom, made her 10-year-old son Nequavion walk to school after being suspended (for the fifth time) from riding the school bus. Was she congratulated? Nope. As per ABC News, Mom was charged with child endangerment and faces one year in jail and a $1,000 fine

[size=14px]Let's unwrap the child abuse charges. [/size][color=rgb(93, 67, 112)][/size][size=14px]KAIT[/size][/color][/size][size=14px] says walk to school was longish (4.5 miles). A compassionate, public-spirited (or nosy, bored) bank security guard spotted the lad trudging to school and called the police. The tween boy implored the officer, "Please sir, don't take me home or my mother will beat me." So very Dickensian[/size]

[size=14px]It was also coldish, 30 degrees, though in my home state of Michigan, that's a balmy spring breeze. Kids walk daily through cold and snow in our area. Stores also sell inclement weather apparel in kids' sizes, (Nequavion was wearing such a garment). Anyway, the concern wasn't weather as much as stranger danger or injury, said officer [/size][/size][size=14px]Lyle Waterworth[/size][/size][size=14px]. He encourages other helpful citizens to call the police when they see kids walking alone.[/size]