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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Guess what - I can teach my children to be self sufficient without needing to force my 6 year old to wander past abandoned parking garages and homeless people alone, and cross dangerous intersections without assistance.  These parents have no sense of proportion or sense. The lawsuit will demonstrate that the police acted reasonably in response to finding two young children alone in a risky area.[/quote]

Simmer down helicopter.  Last time I checked it is okay to walk past parking garages and homeless people are not criminals.  The fact that you see two kids walking home from a park without a parent is now neglect is the whole reason why CPS feels they can justify their actions even know there is no law broken.  Pretty soon we will be exactly where you helicopters want the kids to be.  Like Wall-E.  Stuck to chairs watching screens "safe" from any harm.

If you think it was okay for you to walk alone at these ages when you were a kid and it is not now, how much more paranoid can we get in 20 more years when we are grandparents.  Will you have to be 18yrs old to watch a sibling?  21yrs old to be by yourself?  Will latchkey kids be completely illegal.  All kids until high school need after-care?  Does any of this sound ridiculous?  Because I am 100% sure if you asked our parents 20-30yrs ago about what is going on today, they would think you were crazy.  [/quote]

Use your brain - a small six year old wandering around looking lost in a downtown area is absolutely cause for concern and an appropriate reason for police intervention. This is not about high school students, or even 12 year olds.[/quote]

But there wasn't a 6yr old wandering alone looking helpless and lost in a dangerous urban downtown area.  That is what helicopters see when they look at the situation.  THAT is the problem.  It was a 10yr old and 6yr old walking home from a park.  To non-helicopter parents it was nothing more, nothing less.  When the cop asked them to get into the car and they said they are 2 blocks from home and rather keep going but were not allowed, THAT is a problem.  Police telling the kids they will take them home and then leaving them in a cop car for 3hrs IS a problem.  Kids asking to call their parents and were told no, THAT is a problem.  Being held for close to 6hrs with nothing to eat or drink.  THAT is a problem.  Not calling the parents to say we have your kids.  THAT is a problem.  Coercing them to sign some made up form before getting to see their kids at almost 11pm at night.  THAT is a problem.

So you never walked with siblings or alone in elementary school.  Your parents didn't let you go anywhere without them (up the street, to a store, to a playground) until 6th grade when you were young?  Is that correct?  [/quote]

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