Thread: Madelyn Primoff

She must be stressed by the economy.

Global spotlight is on Scarsdale mother accused of 'Dumping Daughters Roadside' | lohud.com | The Journal News

Would you dump your kids and drive off -- it doesn't matter if she's in the middle of a downtown urban area like White Plains or in the middle of Ohio, verboten.

She's no better than the Florida mom who chopped up her little girl, in my opinion.

RalphS

Don't over dramatisize here. The girl probably misbehaved and as a punishment was made to walk a distance. My dad used to do the same thing. He'd drop us off so we would have to walk the last bit home.

No problem whatsoever.

Hmmm...I'm right between you guys here.
Not quite as bad as chopping the kid up.
But, I don't kow this area, though it is not that far from me. Is this a downtown urban area? I'm not sure. There are places where it is safer for a kid to be alone (especially with a 12 year old sibling), and places where it is less safe. Also, the idea of the abandonment is troubling, regardless of the area. "Get out and walk home" rings quite differently to me than simply "Get out."
Now, my daughter is one. I know she can already get me so frustrated that I want to scream and tear my hear out. I can only imagine what it will be like when she is older and better at pushing my buttons.....

Originally Posted by LX_Emergency

Don't over dramatisize here. The girl probably misbehaved and as a punishment was made to walk a distance. My dad used to do the same thing. He'd drop us off so we would have to walk the last bit home.

No problem whatsoever.

The newspapers are reporting the last bit home was three miles.

There's no such thing as perfect parenting, but I'm pretty sure this one falls well outside the zone of good discipline.

You may well be right about the bad parenting. But I don't have enough information based on what was reported to make an informed judgement. Part of the problem with the instant news media is you get raw, unfiltered, incomplete data with which to draw conclusions. Bad at best, and can be downright dangerous at worst. Besides, what may be bad parenting by me might be acceptable to someone else. We didn't get owners manuals with the children at delivery...

Regardless of what the kids did, I would say that 10 and 12 is pretty young to make them walk home. Based on the financial status of the mother, I'd say she must have lived at least a few miles from downtown White Plains, and I'd also bet the kids wouldn't have known the way home. It's not like you can flag down taxi's to catch a ride in White Plains either.

Interesting side note - I happen to be from Scarsdale. Nothing like seeing the hometown in the news...

I used to work right at the location where she dropped them. It's not bad, especially during the day. There are plenty of working people about and mothers out shopping with their children. The Westchester - an upscale mall is right there and is very safe. I would think the kids would have gone there and made a phone call.

This may have been extreme, but seeing how spoiled many kids are these days - I've seen kids disobey and talk back to their parents in ways I couldn't have imagined - I kind of appreciate the mother putting her foot down.

Jordan

Originally Posted by RalphS

The newspapers are reporting the last bit home was three miles.

There's no such thing as perfect parenting, but I'm pretty sure this one falls well outside the zone of good discipline.

so what? three miles is nothing. my parents, like alex's, did that to me all the time when i was that age.

"oh, you aren't going to behave well in the car? fine, you can walk a few miles home and be as noisy and rambunctious as you like. riding in a car is a priviledge and you have abused it."

they'd also refuse to drive me to school and i'd have to skate there if i'd been naughty. that was only a mile and a half, but it still sucked when it was raining :-P

Being the children of a lawyer and growing up in Scarsdale, I'm sure these kids would have been able to hire a car or taxi to drive them the 3 miles home.

Jordan

I probably shouldn't say this, but I worked under her supervision in my first law firm. Poor kids!