Federal law allows kids to walk to school alone

[kalibex]

Relax, parents. Now you can allow your kids to walk, ride a bike, or take a bus to school, without you or your children getting arrested. The recently-signed Every Student Succeeds Act contains a section (858) that protects the rights of kids to walk or go out alone. The act was sponsored by Utah senator Mike Lee, who is a supporter of the Free Range Kids movement, and provides some hope for parents who feel that their kids should be allowed some autonomy to get by own their own.

How magnanimous of them.

_http://www.fastcoexist.com/3055107/federal-law-now-says-kids-can-walk-to-school-alone_

 

[theos]

Relax, parents. Now you can allow your kids to walk, ride a bike, or take a bus to school, without you or your children getting arrested. The recently-signed Every Student Succeeds Act contains a section (858) that protects the rights of kids to walk or go out alone. The act was sponsored by Utah senator Mike Lee, who is a supporter of the Free Range Kids movement, and provides some hope for parents who feel that their kids should be allowed some autonomy to get by own their own.

How magnanimous of them.

Really. This really shows how far we've come as a nanny state that we need an act to protect something so normal, natural and necessary in developing a child's autonomy and independence.

 

[Nicholas]

My goodness, we need laws now to let families with children to normal outdoor activities! Unfortunately this federal law will not supersede state and local laws so police and child services may not play along.

Such a sad state of affairs as the US continues to slide towards complete totalitarianism.