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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's weird to me is that the police/CPS didn't call the parents for a couple of hours.  I'm sure the 10 year old knows the parents phone number (and I would think the 6 year old does as well).  Why didn't the police or CPS immediately call the parents and say "We're taking the children into custody.  Please come down to X for an investigatory interview" or whatever the process was.

I agree with other posters that the law is sort of disturbingly vague, but I think that's probably true for many child abuse/neglect issues.  Like, it's not against the law to spank your kids.  But if you do it too much or too hard, then yes it is.  You can confine you kid to his room, but if it's too long, then you can't.  You can let your kid wander around your immediate neighborhood for some period of time, but it's not exactly clear how far you can let them go or for how long.  (My kids were about 7 houses away yesterday, playing some game of imaginary something in an empty green space while I gardened.  I assume that's not neglect, but I guess I don't really know.)  [/quote]

I don't think it's neglect. CPS might think it's neglect, though.[/quote]

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