"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.
The child visited one store in the mall while the mother visited another.
Dad's not sorry, says "I saw this man with my daughter in his hands walking toward the parking lot. What would you do?"
The frantic mother called 911 for help and the police gave her a ticket for suspicion of child abuse by neglect.
"Absent actual abuse, the parent has the right to decide what's best for their children."
Understanding why the folks who look at kiddie porn often get longer sentences than the people who molest children in real life.
The idea that ice cream men cruise around looking for victims is simply an urban myth.
"If anything had happened to your son while he was unattended in the men's room, you never would have forgiven yourself."
The kicker: it was a United flight.
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