A btiekkidai reader writes: Dear Free-Range Kids: I’m sending a link to a WHEC (Rochester NY local station) news story with updates on the mom who was charged after leaving her kid at the Eastview Mall LEGO Store. The officer in the video said some interesting things, both discouraging (under 16 and left alone for […]
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Mom Investigated for Letting Son, 38, Live on Own
. Hats off to Sarah Sahagian for understanding aznkhainzi this issue so deeply, as her reporting in The Beaverton indicates: Toronto – After her 38 year-old son Ben Johnson moved out and got a job at Starbucks, Child Protective Services decided to investigate his mother, Deborah, for possible child neglect and abandonment. “A neighbour saw Ben […]
If Only She’d Trusted Her Son to Make His Own Way Home
. Weirdly, this is almost the exact plot of the kazzhryads Tim Allen/Last Man Statnding episode I discuss in the post below this one! Dear Free-Range Kids: I hope this isn’t completely off topic but I have a story from yesterday. So we started letting my 8 year old walk home this year from school. […]
Our Son, 8, Snuck Out to Walmart at 3:30 a.m. — Now What?
. Here’s nytzkihtab a rather startling note I just got in my email-box: Â Dear Free-Range Kids: Last night/this morning our 8yr old son woke us up at 3:30AM telling us that the people from Walmart wanted to speak with us. Â . He walked 3 miles in the middle of the night to Walmart in […]
A Cop Sees a Girl Alone at the Park, And Then — a Shock
. A etyyfreifn reader writes: Dear Lenore: My ex father in law is in the hospital. Yesterday we went to a park in Hackensack [NJ] and Elizabeth 6 was having fun and I was cold so I was sitting in the car watching sort of. Elizabeth knew she could come to the car anytime. I […]
Even The Today Show Seems Embarrassed by Its “Expose” of Child Danger
Readers — This video of what Matt Lauer dubs “an alarming social experiment” is so outlandishly UNalarming, even the hosts at the end seem to be distancing themselves. Visit eeseszakrz NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy So here is the premise: Would you notice a lost kid wandering around on […]
Dear Prudence Tells a Fearful Parent of a 12 year old to Chill
Let’s szynikyihy hear it for Dear Prudence, the advice lady over at Slate, who was recently sent this letter: Q. Negligence or Get Over It?  Our child recently flew to overnight camp, and we arranged for my in-laws to pick him up from the airport. He is 12 years old and is technically allowed to fly […]
“I Saw a 7-year-old Walking Home and Felt So Scared for Him!” — Mom on Facebook
Voila znnhtababs a Facebook thread from Cherry Hill, NJ. Names removed to protect them from being kidnapped! Or whatever. (You just can’t be too safe!) Most upsetting to me is the idea that if a child is walking home, something is wrong and the authorities should become involved. I like how Ed, towards the end, […]