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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And kudos to tbe neighbor in Arlington who called 911 about the kids sting alone in their own yard, someone who thought [b]something was off [/b]and called authorities. Thank God for that person!!![/quote]

Yes, a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old in their pajamas in the front yard at 7:50 am on a Friday.[/quote]

I don't know those people, or what was going on, but I am actually glad someone did something.  If my 3 and 5 year old were out alone at that time, it would mean they had snuck out while I was in the shower.  And we're right by a road, so that would not be good.  Of course, I'd rather someone come knock on my door rather than call the police, but if I didn't answer, I'd be glad they called the police.  What if the person inside has had an accident or something?[/quote]

Yes, I am glad someone did something in this case too. I think that a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old in their pajamas in the front yard at 7:50 am on a Friday is a reasonable reason to suspect that something may be wrong. I don't think that a 10-year-old and a 6-year-old in their regular clothes in DTSS at 5 pm on a Sunday is a reasonable reason to suspect that something may be wrong.[/quote]

And yet the Meitivs and the Free Range nutjobs upthread will tell you that they can navigate the world at 4, and people should just trust the parents, so MYOB because their kids are their business and everyone should leave them alone.  Oh, and by the way, if you call the police you're just a busybody or abnormally smothering your kids.  Except, you know, when it turns out the mom is dead in the house.  Which I guess you should just know psychically is or is not the case.[/quote]

Are you agreeing or disagreeing with PP?[/quote]

I disagree with the PP.  Because it's clear that everyone agrees that there's a place for intervention, and everyone things that the people who actually witnessed the Meitiv children (both times they were reported, by two different people) AND the police AND CPS are all wrong, and they are right about whether there were signs of something being wrong.  And the first poster (and the one who posted about Sweden) who mentioned the 3- and 5-year-old ALSO assumed that it was overreach in that case.  But it provably was not overreach.  The strident, ridiculously insulting tone taken about this toward the police and CPS, whose only goal is to protect kids, is wrong.  I don't know the truth of the Meitiv situation, and I don't pretend to.  I do know that this is a factually complex situation that's being investigated.  Honestly, of course the Meitivs should have their say --and we all know they do -- but everyone else who thinks they know better should STFU.[/quote]

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