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Who are the adults who are calling CPS?  I would think that most people would mind their own business unless a child was truly in danger.  This idea that neighbors run around reporting judgement that differs from their own is troubling.  Who does that?[/quote]

Have you heard of this case?

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/03/silver-spring-parents-charged-with-child-neglect-for-allowing-kids-to-walk-home-alone-112094.html[/quote]

Yes. They allowed their 6 year old to walk home from a park unsupervised and they got called out for breaking the supervision laws in their state ([b]which they did in fact break because a 10 yr old can not supervise a 6 year old[/b]).  So I have limited sympathy for them.  I think these were the same folks who gave their kids those stupid "my kids are free range kids" cards to carry around- ugh.

If I give my 16 year old a card that says "my child is a free spirit and can drive as fast as he wants to" does that mean that he can go 65 in a 25mph zone.  Nope.  You can't allow your kids to break the law.  But you can work to change a law that you do not agree with.[/quote]

They did not break the law, because the law does not say that.

Here is what the law says:

[i] A person who is charged with the care of a child under the age of 8 years may not allow the child to be locked or confined in a dwelling, building, enclosure, or motor vehicle while the person charged is absent and the dwelling, building, enclosure, or motor vehicle is out of the sight of the person charged unless the person charged provides a reliable person at least 13 years old to remain with the child to protect the child.[/i]

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmStatutesText.aspx?article=gfl&section=5-801&ext=html&session=2015RS&tab=subject5[/quote]

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