Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for 8-Year-Old Son Walking Half a Mile

Re:Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for 8-Year-Old Son Walking Half a ... by Matthias247 on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @04:20PM (#33630803)

Also normal in germany. At least for elementary school (which is after kindergarden). My guess would be that it's normal in other european countries.

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Re:Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for 8-Year-Old Son Walking Half a ... by twiddling on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @07:04PM (#33632922)

Heck I was riding the U-bahn at age 11

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Re:Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for 8-Year-Old Son Walking Half a ... by Matthias247 on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @07:20PM (#33633093)

I grew up on the countryside. Elementary school was in a different town. I had to walk 500m to the bus station and then take the school bus each day at age 7. At age 11 it was then secondary school, which included a longer walk to a different bus station and taking a public bus instead of a pure school bus.

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Re:Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for 8-Year-Old Son Walking Half a ... by rayrey on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @10:12PM (#33634470)

Yeah that blew me away when I was stationed (GI) in Frankfurt, all the kids riding the trains and streetcars to school.

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