A Tennessee woman is now facing child neglect charges after refusing to take her daughters to school and instead making them walk, reported the Chattanooga Times-Free Press.
According to authorities, making the girls walk was a “punishment” because they missed the school bus.
Lisa Marie Palmer, 32, was reportedly driving ahead of her daughters as they walked when law enforcement came up on the scene. By then, the girls had already walked a mile and had about two more miles to go.
“Temperatures were cold, and traffic was beginning to become heavy with citizens heading to work,” Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Ladd said. “Mrs. Palmer was in no position to reach her children safely in the event of an emergency.”
The case was turned over to the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services for further investigation.
