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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IMO, walking to school is different than what happened here. Walking to school is a preset path generally, and for a certain, brief amount of times between two points where there is appropriate supervision.  "Be home by 6" gives much more flexibility that means the parents or other responsible person can be unsure of where the kids are for hours. So if something goes wrong, there will likely be a much longer period of time before that parents are aware of the problem.

And, just speaking as a food allergy parent, I think lack of supervision by a knowledgable adult for extended periods of time is risky, particularly for the six year old.  Who was carrying the epipen? You generally aren't mature enough to self administer at 10. [/quote]

I had at least four different routes to and from school.

Also, I don't understand how you got from: two children dropped off at 4:45 pm at a park 1/3 of a mile from home and told to be home by 6, to:  the parents being unsure of where the kids were for hours. As it happens, the parents actually didn't know where the kids were for hours, but that's because the kids were in police and CPS custody, and nobody called the parents.

Also, why do you assume that the food allergy was severe enough to warrant an epipen?[/quote]

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