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.
As hospitals and courts collude, pregnant women are being excluded from fundamental decisions about how they give birth.
"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.
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