Mother who 'forced 10-year-old son to walk 5 miles to school faces jail time for endangerment'

A mother faces a year in jail after forcing her 10 year old son to walk almost five miles to school after he was banned from the school bus.
Valerie Borders said she wanted to teach her son Nequavion a lesson after his bad behaviour led to his bus riding privileges being suspended at his school in Arkansas.
The 34-year-old ordered him to walk to school from their home in Jonesboro, rather than drive him to school.

Son's defense: 10-year-old Nequavion Borders is standing up for his mother who faces jail time for making him walk nearly 5 miles to school in punishment for being suspended from his bus
But during his 4.6mile walk he was spotted by a security guard as he crossed a bank parking lot.
The guard called police who took the boy to school and then contacted his mother who was charged with endangering the welfare of a child.

According to an arrest report when police picked up the boy he told them: 'Please don’t take me home. Mother will beat me.'
Police said the boy's mother had overstepped the mark with her punishment.

Rough walk: A security guard working at this bank on the corner of a busy intersection spotted the boy walking alone, compelling him to call police

Endangerment: The guard called police in Jonesboro who took the boy to school and then contacted his mother who was charged with endangering the welfare of a child
'You ask yourself the question, is that safe for the child?' said Jonesboro Police spokesman Sgt. Lyle Waterworth.
'And if you wouldn’t want your child doing it, you probably don’t need some (other) child doing it.
'There were a number of things that could have happened to the child. The child could have been injured, abducted,' said Sgt Waterworth.
Nequavion Jones said he agreed with his mother's punishment and doesn't want to see her get into trouble.

Outcome: Nequavion says his mom did the right thing as he had been suspended from the bus for five days for his own bad behaviour but his mom could face up to a year in jail and a fine of $1,000
'She did the right thing, she knew that I had been suspended off the bus five days, so she didn't do nothing wrong. She made me walk. I just had to walk. They shouldn't have picked me up. I could've walked by myself, ' said Nequavion.
The youngster had his bus privileges suspended for a fifth time due to yelling.
If found guilty his mother faces up to a year in jail for a fine of $1,000.

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for 5 miles and she gets the bad parent of the year award with a 1 year jail term?

yuh fokking kidding me?

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i know some west indian folks who will say nothing wrong with this..in their minds this is strict parenting

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dont waste ur breath with the west indian nonsense. I grew up in Canada and walked 4 miles round trip to and from school like every other white kid around me. We got driven if it was cold and no one up here black or white or Asian, would think they were torturing their kids.

And its simply not worth 1 in jail and a criminal record...plus having the child lose his mother while in jail, even if its harsh.

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Yes YOU are speaking from YOUR personal experience in CANADA..I am speaking from my experience of what i have seen and heard from within the corners of the West Indian communities.

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So having to walk 5 miles is abuse? In some countries pickanaygah have to walk more than that. The child just damn spoilt.

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yes and??

Regardless of ethnic background and whether a person finds a 5 mile harsh or not, it does not warrant a child losing his mother to a jail term. That is the point.

and typing certain words in caps doesnt improve your point either.

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Fine her or charge her with something but this doesn't warrant 1 yr jail time

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Damn. It have children all over the world that walk miles to get to school and they jailing her for making her child walk 5 miles? That's like a 60 min walk lol

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These children here have it sweet and they don't even know it, bus picking you up at your door and you playing de ass on de bus tuh get ban. I wish I had this kinda luxury when I was going to school in Trini.

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lmao. this aint the Caribbean or no other .3rd world country. so yes that is abuse. just because it's done in other parts of the world dont make it less abuse. they mutilate vaginas in other parts of the world too, I guess women here are spoiled for being allowed to have orgasme.smh. the caribbean is not the benchmark for standards contrary to what some of you may think

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once again....it makes sense to send the kid into foster care for the year she is in jail? Better reasons to put ppl in jail than this even if u dont agree with her discipline.

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yup

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