Lawyer says mother wasn't abandoning her kids

I can think of a lot scarier places than White Plains to drop off your kids.

Wow...a 12-year old and a 10 year-old...three whole miles from home...in White Plains, New York.

Though, I do have to say...if one of those children had been abducted, she would never have been able to forgive herself.

You have GOT to be KIDDING! Why is it that BRATS these days can act like ANIMALS in a vehicle, disrespect their parents wishes to PIPE DOWN, and the parent gets in trouble? Maybe if a few more brats had to walk home and think about their ROTTEN BEHAVIOR, this world would be a better place! My 14-year old son said the KIDS need to be in jail, not the mother! He thinks it was perfectly good judgement to dump the spoiled brats off. I have never needed to spank my son...he has COMPLETE respect for all adults, nor have I ever needed to threaten him...his entire life! If parents let brats know that they do NOT have to put up with their garbage behavior, kids might decide to smarten up! Half the kids in high school could use a shock collar...they are plain and simple ANIMALS!

And what is this: It is not clear if these kids had CELL PHONES? HELLO? What the heck are kids doing with cell phones? I survived 40 years before I got one!

Sounds like this mother is guilty of spoiling her kids. If it were me, I would bail out of jail, go home, and STRIP THEIR ROOMS CLEAN. Nothing left...just a single mattress and one blanket....just like in jail. Wah...my mommy left me. Trauma??? Get real. They NEED a bit of trauma in their lives. Stupid shrinks ruining kids by turning their minds into MUSH. Remember just a few years back, when we were kids...we would leave the house at daylight, and play outside until the street lights came on? OOOooooOOOOo... such TRAUMA of being alone without Momma! NOT!

Can't slap some sense into those bratty girls (Momma will go to jail for that, too, right?), so let them walk home. Wish it had been raining! Let them battle over THAT!

I notice they didn't stop fighting once they were out, they split up and the 10 year old was left wandering around alone. Still, I can't help but feel like they weren't in much danger here. Business district of an affluent area, middle of the day, they probably knew the area well, within walking distance from home. It was probably more dangerous for them to be *in* the car, mom had to be horribly distracted with those two going at it and could have had an accident.

Next time stop and hire a cab to take them home, get the message across without police involvement.

She should not have left them at that age. She should have pulled over and beat their little @sses.

Wow. I can really understand how she feels. It is so frustrating when the kids are arguing, but she took it too far. I don't mean about where she left them. It was during the day and not far from home. They've probably walked farther around the mall. But IMO that isn't the point. It was the fact that she abandoned them. Period. That kind of feeling just doesn't go away when you send that kind of message to your kids. If she was that stressed out maybe the cab ride for the kids (making sure they safely got in & paid for) isn't such a bad idea. It would give Mom time to get it together and work on her "game plan" when they meet at home.

my mom did it to my brother and drove down the shoulder of the hiway about 300 feet. he was bawling but it shut him up for remaining part of the trip home when he got back in the car. Seems tough love works sometimes.

I kicked my 2 boys out of the car several times and made them walk the rest of the way home. It was in the 70's and we live in the country. By the time we got home they were tired and I had cooled off. It was great! One time we were in town going to Grampa's house so I gave them a quarter to take the bus. After a couple of minutes I felt guilty and turned around to pick them up. But they were getting on the public bus-saw me and wouldn't get in the car - just waved gleefully at me. I certainly wouldn't do it in this day & age. It worked for me - seemed better than getting upset and was good exercise for them

My husband and I once took our kids to Cedar Point whiich is 3 hours away. The 15 year old argued with her brothers the whole time. By the time we got to Cedar Point, we were at our wits end. We turned around, drove home, dropped her off and started out again.

As the mother of 5, I understand just how the woman felt. If that's the worst she ever does to her kids, she should rate an A. Lets, face it, we love them but they can drive us nuts!