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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Police-Teacher-Locked-Son-Out-of-House-in-Cold-as-Punishment-375101541.html  What do you think?

It appears that it was about 41 degrees at the time.  The story doesn't indicate how long the child was out there.  I can see it being a problem if it was for an extended time (i.e. maybe more than 20-30 min.), but is this really a "crime" if it was for 15 min. or less?  It was later at night and I get that the kid wasn't happy about it.... but we're not talking about a 3 yr. old who can't process this or who could get hurt.  It seems like overkill to me.  People can hit their kids and it's just "disciplining the kid" -- but putting your kid out for some time out is a felony?

What do you think?[/quote]

It's a ridiculous overreaction- the kids are now with relatives and the mother lost her job amd is charged with a crime. She made a bad decision that would likely have left no lasting harm. Now the entire family is screwed. N[b]eighbor should have talked with the family- not called the cops. [/b]
I would knock in the door if I saw something like this-- then kept an eye out. [/quote]

I'm dumbfounded by the "talk to the neighbor" comments.  I get along well with the neighbors, but would be very reluctant to communicate directly with the neighbor here.  She was clearly not rational in taking this action, and talking to irrationally angry (or batsh*t crazy) person likely to escalate the situation.  Could have increased danger to kid (or created danger for me).

I'd have given it 5-10 minutes to resolve, then called professionals to deal with situation.  [/quote]

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