My children's school has reacted to this incident by forcing the students to
walk home in large groups complete with stern faced 11 year old group
leaders empowered with yellow flags and armbands, rather than just
meandering their way slowly back home, or to a friend's house or to a park
where they can hang out and be kids.

I figure this will last maybe all of a week before things settle down to the
normal routine of calling up neighbors at 6 pm and asking them if my son is
sitting in their living room playing video games with their son.