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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's the law that dictates what age a kid must be before being left alone or caring for another child. And the police know what the law is, so that's why the cop picked up the kids and called CPS.

You see, we have laws that set age requirements to drive, drink, smoke, etc. And you can't break those laws just because you think your kid is mature enough to handle it. Same thing applies here.

But the worst part is that the parents knew better than to do this since CPS investigated them and told them explicitly not to do this...yet they did. My seven year old heard this story on the news and asked me WHY the parents let the kids go to the park if they knew they could get in trouble. So my seven year old gets it, while those parents obviously do not. [/quote]

CPS does NOT have the right to tell the parents not to not break the law.  This is beyond their scope and I can't believe more parents on DCUM aren't completely freaked out about the county interfering in this family's affairs.[/quote]

Wait.  You think dealing with people breaking laws related to child welfare is beyond the scope of CPS?  What is it you think IS within their scope?[/quote]

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