Mother Arrested For Letting Her 10-Year-Old Walk To The Store Alone

Posted • November 17, 2024: Gen X, of which this editor is a proud member, saved the country by voting for Donald Trump by a 53-point margin. Gen X is the generation of latchkey kids who would ride their bikes around the neighborhood until it got dark. Attitudes toward children have certainly changed, at least in Georgia, where ABC News reports that a mother was arrested on charges of reckless conduct for letting her 10-year-old walk less than a mile from their home to the store. No, really. Can you let your 10 year old son walk a mile in rural Georgia without being arrested in 2024? Apparently not… Hopefully, when it's all over, she gets a HUGE check from the local government - it's the only way they *may* learn. "Georgia mom was arrested after her son walked into town on his own. Brittany Patterson was charged with reckless conduct after deputies said her 10-year-old son walked less than a mile to a store from their north Georgia home." -- No, really.

And there's some nonsense about dropping the charge if she signs a safety plan that puts a GPS tracker on her son's phone. This editor remembers walking to elementary school alone every day, and that was about a mile away. We wouldn't have believed it had ABC News not reported on it and shown the bodycam video. Screw these people. I was babysitting infants at 12-years-old. How about arresting illegal alien invaders first? (…)

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