Parents are charged after their son, 7, is struck dead in a car accident
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Gastonia, N.C., police charged the parents with involuntary manslaughter charges after allowing the victim and his brother to walk home alone from a nearby grocery store.
  • pixxelkick@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Reread what you wrote.

    A 10 year old being able to walk home is not the same as that 10 year old also being responsible for a 7 year old

    This isn’t rocket science.

    • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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      3 hours ago

      Of course, there are always special circumstances when a child should have constant adult supervision (developmental delays, medical needs, etc.), but this wasn’t the issue here.

      But according to experts, if younger children (under 8) should be with an adult or older sibling, and if 10 is old enough to walk alone, then 7 with a 10 year old is fine to walk 300m home. It would make both kids safer and more visible, since they are in a “group”.

      If the kid was 4 or 5, then that would be different, for sure.

      But why is blame being shifted onto the victim here?

      There is no reason whatsoever that an older kid and their sibling shouldn’t be able to safely walk two blocks to their home.

      This wouldn’t even be a topic for discussion anywhere outside of the united states or for anyone who was a kid before the 90s.