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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd be willing to bet it's the parents themselves who call. Their cause - and their 15 minutes of fame - seems to be their highest priority.

We don't live too far from there, and I see kids at parks all the time without parents hovering over them. Go to Candy Cane City or Norwood Park near downtown Bethesda - there are tons of parents w/little kids, but also plenty of bigger kids on their own. I live on a very busy street in Chevy Chase and lots of kids roam about on foot or on bike without parental supervision. Dozens of kids walk back and forth to school every day without parents. Never once seen any concern or pushback or police involvement.

[b]So why do these 2 kids keep attracting so much attention? Either the parents leave them alone for an unreasonable amount of time (all day at the park on their own?) or they are doing something that prompts concern by strangers. [/b]

The point is, the police and CPS aren't conspiring to force all parents to be helicopter parents. But somehow there seems to be some repeated concerns about this particular family. Maybe, just maybe it's actually justified?[/quote]

I completely agree. There is something else going on here. The fact that so many other kids are doing just this and not getting picked up means there is more to the story that we don't know.[/quote]

or they are calling CPS themselves. Lunatics![/quote]

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