Anonymous
Post 04/13/2015 07:21     Subject: Free-range kids picked up AGAIN by police
Anonymous wrote:Or maybe it's the 10 yo who is hurt. What will the 6 yo do?


Hypothetically speaking, if either one broke an arm, they'd go home. If either one broke a leg, or was unconscious, then the other would go the 1/3 mile home.

And I'm not sure why people are criticizing the kids for not running away from the police. That's not what kids are supposed to do.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2015 07:21     Subject: Free-range kids picked up AGAIN by police
Wouldn't it be nice to just let your kids run around and you could sleep or drink wine?
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2015 07:14     Subject: Free-range kids picked up AGAIN by police
Or maybe it's the 10 yo who is hurt. What will the 6 yo do?
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2015 07:14     Subject: Free-range kids picked up AGAIN by police
Also, in the case at hand, there must have been no adults at the park at all. That's the only scenario I could envision where a neighbor might even notice two children -- one of whom is 6 -- playing unsupervised. In that case, who would the 10 yo call? Would the 10 yo leave his 6 yo brother with the broken arm to get help? Where is going to go to get the help? There are no pay phones anymore. Explain to this to me, please.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2015 07:07     Subject: Free-range kids picked up AGAIN by police
Back in the day, this mythical "free range" thing involved kids moving in packs. Safety in numbers, be in a group.

Two siblings rarely played alone at a park, even in the 1970s.

BTW, I lived the 1970s. The fondness for them that is expressed here sometimes if misguided. It wasn't that great.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2015 07:04     Subject: Free-range kids picked up AGAIN by police
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Scenario: 6 yo falls off the monkey bars and breaks his arm. What will the 10 yo do?


Call for help, presumably. What do you think?


So the kid has a phone? I didn't give my child a phone until middle school. Another poor parenting choice.


"Help, please!"<---calling for help


So, in the view of these parents, and in your view, the other parents are to be the safety net for their "free range" kids if something bad happens, but if anyone dare expresses concern that something bad MIGHT happen, they are to be scorned for interfering with a radical and anti-social lifestyle choice?

Spare me.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2015 07:03     Subject: Free-range kids picked up AGAIN by police
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
You know who really screwed up, though? CPS and the police.

As to why they didn't just take their kids to the park -- my kids (who are 8 and 11) really like going to the playground by themselves. I assume that their kids do too. I honestly don't know what to tell my kids now about what to do if somebody gets nosy, or if the police show up to take them away.


If it's against the law --- and the cops and CPS told them so --- then the parents screwed up. So now a judge will teach them a lesson.


Which law is it against?
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2015 07:02     Subject: Free-range kids picked up AGAIN by police
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Scenario: 6 yo falls off the monkey bars and breaks his arm. What will the 10 yo do?


Call for help, presumably. What do you think?


So the kid has a phone? I didn't give my child a phone until middle school. Another poor parenting choice.


"Help, please!"<---calling for help
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2015 07:01     Subject: Free-range kids picked up AGAIN by police
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Scenario: 6 yo falls off the monkey bars and breaks his arm. What will the 10 yo do?


Call for help, presumably. What do you think?


Like he called for help when the cops and Cps showed up?


Why do you think that's a comparable situation? What would you do if you fell and broke your arm? Whom would you call if the cops showed up to take you away?
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2015 07:01     Subject: Free-range kids picked up AGAIN by police
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Scenario: 6 yo falls off the monkey bars and breaks his arm. What will the 10 yo do?


Call for help, presumably. What do you think?


So the kid has a phone? I didn't give my child a phone until middle school. Another poor parenting choice.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2015 06:59     Subject: Free-range kids picked up AGAIN by police
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Scenario: 6 yo falls off the monkey bars and breaks his arm. What will the 10 yo do?


Call for help, presumably. What do you think?


Like he called for help when the cops and Cps showed up?
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2015 06:58     Subject: Free-range kids picked up AGAIN by police
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:After everything they went through the first time around you would think they would be a little more cautious. Those poor kids. The parents must really be clueless. Regardless of how you feel about letting the kids go to the park alone, you've got to admit that they screwed up this time. Their prior involvement with CPS obviously didn't phase them. I suspect this time it might.

Question: why don't they just take their kids to the park? It was gorgeous outsude this weekend. What on earth are the parents so busy with at home? I suspect they simply aren't involved parents. They're probably at home reading.


You know who really screwed up, though? CPS and the police.

As to why they didn't just take their kids to the park -- my kids (who are 8 and 11) really like going to the playground by themselves. I assume that their kids do too. I honestly don't know what to tell my kids now about what to do if somebody gets nosy, or if the police show up to take them away.


If it's against the law --- and the cops and CPS told them so --- then the parents screwed up. So now a judge will teach them a lesson.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2015 06:58     Subject: Free-range kids picked up AGAIN by police
Anonymous wrote:Guess what: Our society today expects that a 6 yo will have adult supervision at a park. 10 yo is borderline, but a 6 yo, yes.

The parents are dead wrong, and they seem to be deliberately trying to be martyrs or something. They're beyond obnoxious.


Sure, but is that a reasonable expectation? And is it an expectation that the law should enforce?
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2015 06:57     Subject: Free-range kids picked up AGAIN by police
Anonymous wrote:Scenario: 6 yo falls off the monkey bars and breaks his arm. What will the 10 yo do?


Call for help, presumably. What do you think?
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2015 06:56     Subject: Re:Free-range kids picked up AGAIN by police
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

They weren't abducted? Your definition of abduction must be different from mine.


It must be. Mine is based in reality.


That's interesting. Mine is based on the dictionary.

to abduct: to seize and take away (as a person) by force

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abduct

I doubt that the children went willingly, or stayed at CPS willingly.