Who's Raising Your Child?

Couple investigated by CPS for making kids walk to school

Dan and Maree Koolstra said the incident began on Nov. 17 when their two oldest children missed the bus.

The couple claims they have told their 8- and 10-year-old children that if they miss bus then they have to walk to school [1.4 miles] as punishment. They allege this is a form of punishment they have set in the past and have enforced from time-to-time.

Maree Koolstra said she followed the children along as she drove in her car to monitor their progress.

Upon seeing the boys walking to school, a school official there contacted CPS [Child Protective Services] and that agency contacted the Koolstras.
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Source: NWCN.com

Note: Parental authority bites the dust. Why is it that all parents are suspect? Apparently, the state of Washington assumes that any parental effort to teach discipline and responsibility is an act of child abuse.