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My daughter left her 10 year old son home for an hour while she went to the store (Missouri has no age limit either). Someone called child services, and they showed up in a few minutes. the CPS worker actually got mad because my grandson did what he was told and wouldn't open the door, he called us instead, I live three blocks away. They even tried to write her up for child endangerment but of course it didn't stick. Some people just have too much time on their hands. (as a side note, my grandson is about 5'6" and weighs about 200 lbs and has 6 years training in martial arts. I think he could have taken the CPS worker).
It's been happening a lot lately throughout the country.
Don't you think if this was a real story there would be a location? A statement from the police or CPS? An interview with the neighbor? A lawyer, at least, speaking out on behalf of the parents? This is nonsense.
It's been happening a lot lately throughout the country.
Don't you think if this was a real story there would be a location? A statement from the police or CPS? An interview with the neighbor? A lawyer, at least, speaking out on behalf of the parents? This is nonsense.
How about this in Westchester County, New York (link).
It seems to be required now that parents be over protective and micro-manage their children's lives.
That's the rub, isn't it? If parents are overprotective/involved, we label them as helicopter parents. If they're not, they could potentially have the cops called on them.
(I realized there is a ton of middle ground and gray area. But it seems that parents can't really win!)
I would've charged the neighbour for false reporting.
By the way, as kids, in the early 2000s, we used to play outside for the whole day. The only complaints we got was that we were too loud. No idiot called the cops on us because we were "neglected". Lol...
And I think, back then, when it was fashionable for kids to play outside, the cops would've laughed if you were like "kids are playing outside, I think they're neglected". It's tragic that nowadays these cops take these "claims" seriously.
My daughter left her 10 year old son home for an hour while she went to the store (Missouri has no age limit either). Someone called child services, and they showed up in a few minutes. the CPS worker actually got mad because my grandson did what he was told and wouldn't open the door, he called us instead, I live three blocks away. They even tried to write her up for child endangerment but of course it didn't stick. Some people just have too much time on their hands. (as a side note, my grandson is about 5'6" and weighs about 200 lbs and has 6 years training in martial arts. I think he could have taken the CPS worker).
I can't help but feel a bit sorry for many kids growing up today. It seems to be required now that parents be over protective and micro-manage their children's lives. I grew up in the 50's & 60's, and I was anything but neglected. But what I was allowed to do in regards to activities with friends, and being 'out on my own' for periods of time would probably put my parents in jail today. I know the world we live in is different now, but still.. the treatment of the parents in the OP is going too far.
I'm only 22 and got to play outside a lot as a kid, and the term "neglect" never crossed anyone's mind. I had a lot of fun playing outside and yes, I even would wander around and be literally hundreds of feet from the nearest adult. I was probably 10 at this time. This was early 2000s. How did this go from perfectly good to unacceptable in just a decade?
I'm only 22 and got to play outside a lot as a kid, and the term "neglect" never crossed anyone's mind. I had a lot of fun playing outside and yes, I even would wander around and be literally hundreds of feet from the nearest adult. I was probably 10 at this time. This was early 2000s. How did this go from perfectly good to unacceptable in just a decade?
Ah yes...the early 2000s/late 90s. No tablets, no iphones, not much computers too...all we did was play outside the whole day with our friends until sundown. We were around 6-10. Those days were gold...
We were never neglected. We just had rights and privileges. Not to mention, playing outside is healthy as it made us active and in shape. Parents would've wanted that for us.
People are just getting more paranoid and frightened nowadays, methinks. Since most people (from 5 to 80) are on their computers nowadays, they get startled when they saw a bunch of kids playing outside? Let's face it, my neighborhood is immensely quiet. And we have a lot of kids around. They're all probably inside on their tabs. Heck, I think I would be like "the hell is he doing" if I were to see a kid roaming around the street all day long. Maybe playing outside is out of "fashion" nowadays?
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