Brickbat: Stranger Danger

When her son didn't get off the bus after his first day at kindergarten in Salem, Oregon, Windy Holm was terrified. Her mood didn't improve after she called the school and was told they didn't know where he was. They finally figured out they'd sent 5-year-old Teylor Kobernik to an after school daycare. Kobernik says they forced him into a car with an employee of the daycare even as he insisted he was supposed to get on the bus. "I didn't know who she was, and I didn't know the car, and I was crying for my mom," he said. "The lady told me that my mom knew I was going to her place, but I knew that was a lie."

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[LTC(ret) John]

F#$% off (child) slavers! (?)

[SIV]

Patch the Pony sez:

"Neigh! Neigh!....From Strangers Keep Away!"

[db]

Kidnapping and conspiracy charges are appropriate here.

[db]

Kidnapping the child away from his state-appointed guardians and conspiracy by the mother and son to avoid taking actions deemed by the state to be in their best interests.

[Night Elf Mohawk]

"The lady told me that my mom knew I was going to her place, but I knew that was a lie."

I don't know why, but that seems pretty awesome to me. The kid didn't sugarcoat it.

[Rich]

Yep. And he was savvy enough not to mention that he keyed her car. 😉

[Night Elf Mohawk]

"We took this incident very seriously..."

The school, on the other hand...

[db]

The only way they'll take this shit seriously is if the mother presses charges.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Administrators with the district say since the incident, they have rechecked all student paperwork and are positive this won't happen again.

That single-checked paperwork will get you every time. But luckily everything turned out for the best and at no time was anyone's job put in danger.

[Restoras]

Procedures were followed, livelihoods were saved, accountability was dispersed. Lather, rinse, repeat.

[Jordan]

From one daycare to the next.

[WigFow]

lol, I never really thought about it like that before. Wow.

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[Pagan Priestess]

Sending your child to a public school is definitionally child abuse.

[jdgalt]

I hope the mother teaches her son what he should have done: scream "I'm being kidnapped!!!" Now they both need to press charges, and include in them any official who seeks to prevent such a prosecution.