"The number of children separated from their parents at the border since April is almost equal to the number taken by CPS every three days."
'They already had a foster parent in the room, to remove my son... before they ever proved there was an emergency situation.'
A mom says her daughter was almost abducted at a rest stop. That's a stretch.
"I figured a police officer would know what illegal drugs looked like."
I'd suggest granting "Gold Bouncy Star" ratings for houses secured with particularly long, particularly strong spikes.
"Student safety in any activity is our primary focus."
"They call it 'free-range parenting.' I call it 'the rights of parents.'"
"My son has to pay for something I did."
"So basically it's now legal to go outside and play like when I was a kid."
And your state could be next.
"A judge will make the determination are they guilty."
"This right here is just old-school, simple parenting. This ain't killing nobody."
"I never in my life wanted to crawl out of my own body. That is how I felt. I couldn't sleep or eat. I had no idea where my daughter was."
"It only takes one student, one piece of grit, one stone in a snowball in an eye, with an injury and we change our view."
But it doesn't have to be this way.
"The parents of special needs children are especially vulnerable to state intervention."
Victim's parents don't want charges, say the couple is in love.
"Why ask anyone in New York what they think of Tom Brady? Who doesn't hate Tom Brady here?"
While putting parents at ease
The misguided quest to protect children from any and all emotional harm
Lawmakers want to roll back penalties for childhood freedom.
It isn't just parents. Cops, schools, reporters, bureaucrats and busybodies got in on the action this year.
'Tis the season for pointless panic!
Hungry Cabbage Patch Kids, loose bear eyeballs, hot Creepy Crawlers, and more
The latest on the case of Zach Anderson.
Just because the world is not perfectly safe does not mean it is terribly dangerous.
Bad policy and paranoid parenting are making kids too safe to succeed.
Bad policy and paranoid parenting are making kids too safe to succeed.
Humor isn't CPS's strong suit.
The witch hunt against Zach Anderson continues
Talk about a safe space
It could happen to you, whatever "it" is.
Risks? What about the risk of never taking a risk?
We have come to see childhood only through the lens of danger.
A national newspaper endorses free-range parenting
Canadian Ministry of Children and Family Development slams the brakes on autonomous children
There is no one-size-fits-all solution.
Every parent be concerned when the state makes it illegal for parents to trust their kids.
The Recreation and Parks Department needs to get its priorities straight.
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