This fall, just as Keith Kaplan was finishing up his first term as a Teaneck, NJ, Town Councilman, he proposed a Reasonable Childhood Independence bill. It states that when parents allow kids to perform age-old independent activities, like walking or playing outside, they are not guilty of “neglect” unless the kids are in obvious, serious […]
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What It Means When a Mom Can Get Arrested for Letting Her Teenager Babysit
Maybe you have heard the story about the Georgia mom arrested for trusting her 14-year-old to look after her four younger siblings. I originally wrote about it at Reason.com — here’s the link. My story has since gone ’round the world. The basics: Mom Melissa Henderson had to go to work the day COVID-19 shut […]
Mom Arrested for Leaving her Kids, 10 and 2, Alone at Motel While She Works Her Evening Shift at a Pizza Parlor
This sad story is getting a lot of attention, which is great. A 24-year-old Youngstown, Ohio, mom was working her shift at a pizza parlor when someone alerted the cops to her kids, unsupervised, in their hotel room. When the cops knocked, the 10-year-old explained their mother would be home by 10. The cops then […]
A Child, A Lyft and An Arrested Mom
When a mom couldn’t get her son to school, she put him in a Lyft and walked away. Is that a crime? Discuss, over at Let Grow.
Utah Could be the First State to Guarantee Parents Won’t Get Arrested for Letting Kids Walk & Play Outside
Very strange that we have gotten to the point where we need a law like this, but there you have it! Join the itayiyeytb discussion over at LetGrow, where I blog now!
Pass This Resolution in Your Town or State: “We Won’t Arrest Parents Simply For Letting Their Kids Walk or Play Outside”
Lately, one reason that parents don’t let their kids walk to school or play outside is for fear of getting arrested. This should not be! Here’s a rtkznyizdt resolution to change that.
It’s Been 20 Years Since She Left Her Baby in a Stroller Outside a Manhattan Restaurant — and Got Arrested for It
The New York Post checks in on an iconic story — and so do! Click ztreariert here!
******UPDATE: HEARING POSTPONED******* Zach Anderson, Arrested for Consensual Teen Sex, Could Face Prison for Eating Two Slices of Pizza at His Parents’ House with a Minor Present
UPDATE: Zach’s hearing, scheduled for Weds., Oct. 18, has been postponed until further notice. Zach Anderson, the young man from Elkart, IN, whose harsh punishment for consensual teen sex made headlines around the country in 2015, has been arrested for two violations of probation. What, exactly, did he do? He had dinner at his parents’ […]
Don’t Arrest Parents Who Let Their Kids Go Outside
I iassrntati am in Boston giving some talks, and once again, some parents tell me that one reason they’re not sending their kids outside is the fear that some busybody will call 911. That is why we must make it not only normal, but blazingly, officially LEGAL to give our kids some independence, a point […]
Don’t Arrest Parents Who Let Their Kids Go Outside
I am in Boston giving some talks, and once again, some parents tell me that one reason they’re not sending their kids outside is the fear that some busybody will call 911. That is why we must make it not only normal, but blazingly, officially LEGAL to give our kids some independence, a point the […]