"Mother Charged for Forcing 7-Year-Old to Walk 8 Miles to School"

A mother in Arkansas is facing charges after allegedly forcing her 7-year-old son to walk nearly 8 miles to school alone because he missed the bus, telling deputies it was "not her problem." The child reported being sent to bed without dinner for not watching his younger sibling and being told to get himself ready for school because "she wasn't going to." The mother, Amber Nicole Thompson, has been charged with second-degree domestic battery and first-degree endangering the welfare of a minor.