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There is a huge difference between a 10 year old and 6 year old.  I have a 5 year old and there is no way I'd let her walk to a playground, play and walk home again.  As parents it is our responsibility to take her and supervise.  You can teach independence and responsibility by showing, working with your kids and so much more.  It isn't just about them doing things alone at a very young age and hoping for the best.[/quote]

Nobody has advocated children doing things alone at a very young age and hope for the best.

If you don't think that your five-year-old is ready to walk to a playground, play, and walk home again, then don't have her do it. You should do what's right for you and your daughter. Other parents, with other children, at other playgrounds, may make different decisions that are right for them.[/quote]

And then some parents make decisions that are bad for their kids.  Which is the purview of CPS.  You really don't know this case well enough to know.[/quote]

I hope that you're saying "We don't know all the facts!' to the posters who think that the parents are attention-seeking child-abandoners and should be locked up.

But actually, if you believe that no five-year-old is capable of walking to a playground of any sort in any location, playing, and walking home again, without a parent, you are wrong on a matter of fact.[/quote]

Of course I would say "we don't know all the facts" to anyone saying the parents should be locked up.  Clearly no one's been convicted of a crime here.  I think the facts are very clear that they are attention-seeking.  Whether there are factors that justify that, I don't know.
I never said that no 5yo is capable of walking to a park, playing, and coming back safely.  Mine was capable of that, I'm sure.  But I'm not sure that she was capable of outrunning someone, and she doesn't have a cell phone yet, and even though we've coached her on what is/isn't acceptable from strangers, I'm not sure she wouldn't have gotten nervous and made an unwise decision.  Also, and this is key:  I REALLY LIKE SPENDING TIME WITH HER.   And I don't get enough time as it is.  And she's only going to get older and want to spend less time with me.  While she still loves playing with me and being around me?  Heck, yeah, I'm holding that little hand on the way to the park.  [/quote]

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