3 Ways Parents are Ruining Halloween
Facts don't stop fear.
Chillingly fatalistic.
Cops think letting a kid play outside, within view of the house, is a crime.
Focus on your own kids and stop criminalizing parenthood
If voters come into a school, then they could shoot the children.
Worst-first thinking promotes constant panic.
"I doubt there has ever been a human culture, anywhere, anytime, that underestimates children's abilities more than we North Americans do today."
It is not a crime to let a child of 9 play at a park during the summer. In fact, it is a time-honored tradition.
Should we arrest all moms who have a sub-optimal day and don't manage their time completely perfectly?
"Contrary to popular belief... registered sex offenders have one of the very lowest recidivism rates."
Nearby store employees see the children as "unattended."
Don't take your eyes off your kids before they are legally old enough to join the Army.
I'm glad this mama is shaming the haters back.
"My own bondsman said my parents would have been in jail every day."
The precinct parking lot is not exactly a high-crime area.
No justice for this mother-yet.
Did he slap her in handcuffs and book her for negligence and abuse?
Something bad could always happen.
Here in America, helicopter government is also making parents afraid to send their kids outside to play.
'I might be mistaken... but technically he has broken the law and failure to comply with the registry laws is considered a new sexual offense.'
If only the girl had spent her whole summer sitting in McDonald's.
Everything is dangerous when it comes to kids. Even a normal wait in a car.
Ever heard of a lock?
Parents who neglected their children's homework or school events should also be punished, he said.
A $2 million boondoggle-er, "security system"-placed in New Jersey's Belleville High School proved its merit and unerring wisdom when it locked a teacher in a bathroom.
In other words, a blow has been struck against the school-to-prison pipeline!
True danger lies in the notion that the state should decide if you are parenting your kids correctly.
Police arrested Justin's father and charged him with child endangerment.
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