. >> simon arthur brought her 7-year-old to a car show. his son didn't want to stay. >> i was bored i was hot and i wanted to walk home. >> we walked to the shopping mall before. the there's police stations on the corners the hole way. i said, all right. walk home. >> i wasn't scared. >> i keep reading about these abductions. >> yeah, possible to be hit by lightning or struck by a meteor, too. >> i wasn't very far and the cops asked me where are my parents. >> the child ended upped living approximately an mile and a half that's a great distance for a 7-year-old to travel by himself without water or nourishment with him. we charged him with reckless misconduct. >> they put handcuffs on me and put me in the back of the car. >> whose child is it? . parents or the state? >> we want kids protected from abuse but don't parents get to decide if their kids are mature enough to? >> to think a child let alone parents sometimes make good judgments when they are in a situation that they cannot predict. >> if a child is not at the age where they can su

. >> simon arthur brought his son to a car show. but he didn't want to say. >> i was bored and hot and wanted to walk home. >> we walked to the shopping mall before there are police stations the whole way. i said all right, walk home. >> i wouldn't scared. >> i read about the abductions. >> you can be hit by lightning or struck by a meter too. >> i wasn't near a car and the cop asked where are my parents? >> the child lived a mile from this location. it's a great distance for a seven-year-old to travel without water or any nourishment around with him. we charged mr. arthur with reckless conduct. >> they put me in the back of the police car. >> this raises the question, who's child is it? the parents or the state's we want kids protected from abuse but don't parents get to decide if their own kids are mature enough to walk home on their own? >> to think that a child let alone parents sometimes make really good judgments when they are in a situation that they cannot predict? >> that's how they learn good judgments. >> if a child is no