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Let's use your logic, pp. If I think it's reasonable to let my 18 or 20 year old to drink so I let them and get in trouble with the court, then I should focus my criticism on the law, the police and the courts...who are merely doing their job...rather than evaluate my parenting when I continue to allow them to drink despite having been told by the court not to allow that. Dumb. Really dumb.

I agree with the pp about wondering about the parents judgment overall. [/quote]

But they are not merely doing their job. Their job is to maintain public safety, enforce the law, and look after the best interests of the child. Picking up two children at the park does none of these things.

Also, there is a significant distinction between thinking about the wisdom of your own behavior and condemning the behavior of other people. Lots of people do lots of things, all the time, that I think are dumb. That doesn't mean that the police should not allow people to do those things.[/quote]

The police must respond whenever a call is made...that's policy...so they were doing their job.

When they discovered who the kids were, they knew their backstory and realized they weren't in compliance with CPS given the prior incident. Again, they were doing their job.

CPS knows the family and knows whatever orders were put in place. Needed to bring the parents in for a chat to get info (did you allow them to go to the park alone? Where were you? Do you remember the rules we gave you when you were in court last year?). Doing their job.

I think some posters are misunderstanding what's going on. We are baffled as to why anyone would let their kids go to the park alone after having been told by CPS not to do that. That's different from criticizing the average parents choices. [/quote]

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