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Willing to bet there’s more to this story. From the article: > Heather Wallace's oldest son, eight-year-old Aiden, was driving his two brothers crazy in the ca
by programmarchy 4y ago
Willing to bet there’s more to this story. From the article:
> Heather Wallace's oldest son, eight-year-old Aiden, was driving his two brothers crazy in the car as they all returned from karate one afternoon in October 2021. Wallace asked Aiden to walk the rest of the way home—half a mile in quiet, suburban Waco, Texas—so that he could calm down.
It’s not like the kid was happily strolling a mile home from school or the park. The article is downplaying the situation.
Sounds like she kicked her kid out of the car, and I have doubts that went down peacefully. She was probably angry and her kid was probably crying and panicking. From the neighbors’ point of view it probably looked very cruel, and perhaps even dangerous depending where he was left. (Many suburbs are polluted by “stroads” which have no sidewalks and lots of traffic.)
Granted, a felony seems extreme, even if the Mom was raging at the kid. But I’d want to hear the neighbor’s testimony before offering my sympathy.