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No, when the police receive a report of neglect, they are mandatory reporters and have to call CPS. They did not have the option, legally, to ignore the report and just send the kids home. When it turned out this family had an open file, CPS was likewise obliged to do an investigation. The kids were returned in 5 hours, which is a wholly reasonable time period. [/quote]

But the police didn't receive a report of neglect. They received a report of two kids walking along without a parent.[/quote]

That is neglect.  Neglect is lack of supervision.  Kids without someone of proper age supervising them is neglect.[/quote]

No it is not neglect.  Children existing in the world without an adult hovering over them is not, by definition, neglect.  In fact, these parents are being very purposeful -- not neglectful -- in giving them opportunity to develop responsibility and self-efficacy by walking in their neighborhood without adults.  Which, again, is not neglect.  These kids are old enough to walk to school by THEMSELVES.  But they had each other, and they were in a familiar location.

The only way that they turned out to be unsafe was because of the unsafe behavior of the police and CPS officials.  Demonstrably unsafe -- they were kept away from their parents, held prisoner by strangers, not given food, and not allowed to contact their parents.  That was certainly a scarier and more dangerous situation than simply walking home ever was, and it is the fault of misguided officials, not the parents.[/quote]

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