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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The part of this story that bothers me most is that the kids were picked up by the police around 5 pm and then held them in their car until 7pm before transporting them to CPS, presumably parked on road between the park and their home.  The parents said they expected the kids to be back by 6pm.

While we can argue all day long about whether free range parenting is legal or not...  what the heck did the parents due from 6pm-7pm when their kids were missing.... they obviously did not look for them on the way to the park because they would have found them right there with the police officers... they didn't go look for them until they got a call at 8pm from CPS... If my kids were missing for even 15 minutes I would have been frantically looking for them and flagged down the cop i saw on the way to the park they were playing at... [/quote]

Maybe the parents did go looking, saw the kids with the police, knew they were safe, and decided to let this whole thing play out for maximum media coverage...[/quote]

I can't really imagine anyone doing that, but it does make me wonder how quickly they would be able to get to the kids if they needed help. These were two little kids out by themselves and their parents couldn't find them even though they were apparently only two blocks away from home.

When I was at Girl Scout camp, we always had to have two buddies whenever we went anywhere. That way if one got hurt, one could go for help and one could stay with the girl who was hurt. These kids would have had to leave one alone if one got hurt.
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