[ShepherdsDog]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story ... nipeg.html

Reading the headline, as written by CBC, you'd think this kid was just dumped in the middle of nowhere instead of the bus stop in front of her home. I guess we were all abused when we walked to school from our homes.

Beginning in Kindergarten, I walked to and from school alone most of the time, although it was only 3 blocks away...mind you we lived in Belmont Park(PMQs in Colwood). For a brief time we lived in Flin Flon, when I was in Grade two. We lived on the Saskatchewan side and school was in Manitoba. It was a 20 minute walk(kid time), and we walked across a small lake in the winter and around it in the other seasons(which added time). I don't remember any of the kids I went to school with being escorted by their parents, even on the coldest of days...we just dressed warmer.

Back to Victoria for the rest of elementary and junior high, I walked the six blocks(as the crow flies) to and from school. When we moved to Manitoba, we lived outside of town in a tiny hamlet, and during the warm months, friends and I would often ride our bikes the 15 km into school, picking up others along the way, until we could legally drive.

[Brenda]

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"[Someone] could kidnap her, could do anything to her. That's what I was thinking. It was so scary," she said.

"Just talking about it brings tears to my eyes. Like, how could [the bus driver] do that?"

Well, EXCUSE me, darlin, but aren't YOU the one that should be there waiting? That you go back to your appartment to check on dinner, shows that you are not that far away. Are you saying your kid doesn't play outside?
That said, turn off your stove when you head out.

[ShepherdsDog]

The bus driver also has the other children to think about too. If a parent isn't where they are supposed to be they should have a contact number to be reached at. If that doesn't work, an alternative guardian must be appointed. parents need to take responsibility for their own kids.

[Brenda]

ShepherdsDog wrote:

The bus driver also has the other children to think about too.

The bus driver did nothing wrong. If mom wanted her brought to the door, she should either drive herself, or get a cab for her kid.

But hey, it's always someone else's fault...

[Chumley]

Only person at fault here is mommy.

[Hyack]

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She's only six years old. She's still a baby to me."

It seems she's not the only baby in the story.....

[stratos]

wow 6yrs old I was in first grade walking 5 blocks to school, now a walk from the bus stop to the house, a block at the most, and mom cant be there. Shame on mom not the bus driver.

[raydan]

Never took a school bus in my life.
In grade 3, I took the public buses in Montreal to get to school.

[wildrosegirl]

Brenda wrote:

Quote:

"[Someone] could kidnap her, could do anything to her. That's what I was thinking. It was so scary," she said.

"Just talking about it brings tears to my eyes. Like, how could [the bus driver] do that?"

Well, EXCUSE me, darlin, but aren't YOU the one that should be there waiting? That you go back to your appartment to check on dinner, shows that you are not that far away. Are you saying your kid doesn't play outside?
That said, turn off your stove when you head out.

EXACTLY! Stupid woman.

Secondly, the FIRST thing she should have done was teach her daughter what to do should she ever find herself in that situation. Circumstances which are beyond our control happen every day. This was bound to happen eventually (meaning the mom was running a minute or two late and the little one would have to make her way back home by herself).

But no - it's much easier to wait for something to happen, and then blame everyone else around you for your lack of planning and/or incompetence.

[wildrosegirl]

Hyack wrote:

Quote:

She's only six years old. She's still a baby to me."

It seems she's not the only baby in the story.....

[Gunnair]

Well, the mother an idiot, and yes, when I was that age I was walking to school as well. But all know that that has changed and lamenting about it is useless. Thanks to a handful of predators and a media that slavers at the thought of frightening the hell out of the public with them to increase sales, children are not allowed out on their own and the media, left and right, reflect that.

[ShepherdsDog]

once upon a time kiddie diddlers didn't see the light of day when locked up....or simply didn't make it to prison. Not saying it didn't happen but there once was a time when the punishment did fit the crime and an enabling judiciary didn't exist.

With advances in forensic science, investigative teechniques and modern technology we are able to help make sure most people are not falsely accused of crimes against children, because we all know that people who falsely accuse others of this sort of shit are fucking scum. However, I'm confident that even if it takes a while, they'll eventually get theirs too.

[Gunnair]

ShepherdsDog wrote:

once upon a time kiddie diddlers didn't see the light of day when locked up....or simply didn't make it to prison. Not saying it didn't happen but there once was a time when the punishment did fit the crime and an enabling judiciary didn't exist.

Lay a big thanks on our Charter of Rights and Freedoms...

[ShepherdsDog]

A bit of a Pandora's Box