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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom left me at Ben Franklin once.  I was about 5 or 6, and I was looking at model car kits while she bought whatever she was there to buy.  Eventually I went to find her and realized she wasn't in the store.  I told the cashier, who called my house and talked to my mom.  The best part is that the cashier volunteered to drive me home when her shift ended instead of my mom driving back to the store.  I remember that it wasn't very long, so she was probably about to get off anyway.  So I got to hang out and keep looking at model cars, and then some stranger lady drove me to my house.

I can't imagine that "happy ending" scenario happening today.  My mom says she just forgot that she had brought me with her that day.  If that happened now, the parent would probably be investigated, and no way some random store employee could be driving the kid home![/quote]

You know, I really think we've gone overboard today. Everyone makes mistakes, and the climate we have today is that you have to be hyper-hyper alert that you never let your guard down or do anything anyone could even remotely perceive as negligent, or you'll have your kids taken away. I'm not talking about the wine-tasting-leave-the-kids-in-the-freezing-car parents, but rather people who leave a sleeping baby in a carseat to walk to a mailbox within sight of the car.

Negligence is bad but so is the overly vigilant "guilty until proven innocent" environment we parent in today. And I say this as someone who diligently wakes up her kids and hauls them out of the carseats every single time. [/quote]

ITA. The state is too powerful in this area.[/quote]

I posted this before.  (Fairly recently) A neighbor called and successfully reported to DSS that another neighbor's elementary aged child was bike riding outside (in the child's own driveway) without a helmet.  Apparently, DSS has to investigate every call they receive.  I know the family (very kind, keep to themselves, but very powerful), saw the report first hand, and can't imagine what that neighbor has coming to them.

Things have really gotten out of hand, with respect to child rearing, (especially when off kilter holier than thous with a personality disorder get involved).

There has to be some happy medium.  I have to admit, a couple of these stories (not the abusive ones, of course) are funny. [/quote]

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