Scarsdale Female Lawyers = "Bad Moms"?

I am the proud son of an ex-Scarsdale female lawyer, so this story of abandonment and forcing a two girls of ages 10 and 12 to walk 3 miles home makes me think.

I do not know Ms. Primoff or her charming daughters. A couple of thoughts. The kids are not 3 and 5. When I was age 10, I was allowed to walk anywhere I wanted to in Westchester. I was a lazy kid and would not have walked to charming White Plains (it isn't that charming at all; it is concrete and commercial).

Some Kids at age 10 in New York City are allowed to ride the subway on their own. A 3 mile walk should take these kids 1.2 hours, that's good exercise --- I wouldn't call that waterboarding.

While today's parents "baby" their kids up to age 43, at some point children do need to show some independence. Different families will have different rules. If it was 100 degrees on the day Ms. Primoff dropped them off then perhaps the girls = victims argument has more weight.

Credible threats are important --- by establishing herself as "old school", Ms. Primoff might have had more success stopping bad future decisions by these girls as they throw underage drinking parties at their Scarsdale Mansion while mom works.

Don't forget your dynamics folks!