Two days later, the cops figured out the story was make believe.
Sarasota deputies violated best practices and ethical standards for sting operations.
Reading logs rarely instill a love of reading in children. We ought to just drop the act.
"Touching someone's arm to get their attention, I would have thought was normal."
Religion can explain a tragedy as God's will, or as karma coming around. But in a secular world, blame is often shifted to parents.
The coroner's declaration is a cruel twist of the knife.
Laws criminalizing the act of leaving children in cars are misguided.
She likely wasn't in any danger, but that never stopped the busybodies before.
The principal calls it "very, very serious" wrongdoing.
A Pennsylvania mom faces reckless endangerment charges for assuming her children—ages 2, 5, and 7—could survive a very short wait.
The toy company allegedly failed to test its miracle cure for cranky baby syndrome.
Every kid is special, but not every kid has special needs.
Child services called because Holly Curry let her kids wait in the car while she bought a muffin.
Free-range mom Lenore Skenazy talks with sociologist Frank Furedi about what it means to be a kid in the 21st century.
Let's celebrate free-range motherhood, not just on Mother's Day, but year-round.
College campuses, take note.
Are they hunting Easter eggs or landmines?
Video evidence contradicted Santana Adams' account.
Cops release edited video of the encounter.
"What about the parents' rights to decide what's best for their child?"
When all of childhood is considered college prep, desperate parents will do desperate things.
And yet her fear-mongering Facebook post about the ordeal was shared half a million times.
Free-Range parenting is about fostering independence, not letting kids do whatever they want.
Maimuna Hassan made a common mistake. Should that be a crime?
In the home of the brave, a kid can't hold a pencil on the school bus.
"Apparently the ad generated multiple phone calls from paranoid neighbors thinking I was using my child as a slave."
Ironically, the kids were watching the movie "Home Alone" when the cops showed up for no good reason.
Aborted snowball fights, unused playground equipment, baseless child trafficking panics, and more.
"Most people-we're talking hardened criminals who try to cut it off-have ended up in the ER."
This is not just about kids, but about the adults they will become.
"Society is all too ready to interpret the most innocent of gestures as a prelude to abusing a child."
The 45-year-old cooperative has ground rules, which means D.C. government considers it an unlicensed daycare.
"We are extremely confident that he did not ingest any candy from Trick or Treat that was tainted."
Braylen Carwell says he didn't eat anything, and previous candy poisonings turned out to be hoaxes.
There is zero evidence that sex offenders prey on trick or treaters.
"Pushing for new laws aimed at keeping kids 'safe' from 'sex offenders' on Halloween is nonsense."
And anyone under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
"It is advisable for toddlers to wear a helmet while in the playground because they can easily trip and fall."
Judge: "There is nothing in the record which would lead this court to believe that the mother is unwilling to provide the appropriate care for the child."
Joshua Horner was convicted of sexual abuse-his victim claimed he killed her dog to keep her from talking. But the dog is fine.
"What a time to be a parent! You can't win."
"I am still trying to work out how he figured it out."
"No child under the age of 10 in the United States that has ever been snatched from a parent in public and trafficked for sex."
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