Lindsay

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Court ordered my daughter to ride the train at 5!

I was a single mom and moved with my 5 year old daughter to Gothenburg, five hours away from where my ex lived. He went to court to get a new parenting plan. The court ordered me to put my daughter on the train once a month to go and see her father in Stockholm. This trains stops at least twenty times in different towns on the way. This was in 1996 and I had to have her preschool teachers write to the court and also take her to a psychologist and get a statement before I could get the court to change the train ride to an airplane ride - five months later! I know this was Sweden and not the U.S., but things happen anywhere and it was not that long ago. I think it is up to the parents who know their child to decide when the kids are old enough to do things like riding the subway but 9 sounds a bit too young for anyone.

4 months, 2 weeks ago In response to America's Worst Mom?

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