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randome

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43. Did you read all the links?

Mon Apr 13, 2015, 04:14 PM

Apr 2015

What are the odds that these parents just happen to be public advocates for something called 'free-range parenting' and then their kids are picked up in a park? What does it imply when the mother says her kids always have an ID on them printed with the words 'I am not lost. I am a free-range child' but then they don't have that ID on them when they were picked up?

The impression I have -and it's only that- is that the parents are a bit whack-a-doodle and they may have another motive. Paladin's guess is a good one, IMO.

The alternative theory is that law enforcement and child protective services all conspired to...do what? Go out looking for some kids to scare?
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�Free-range children� taken into custody again in Maryland [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2015 OP

I remember my brother and I walking to the park together gollygee Apr 2015 #1

Well, you see, when you and I were kids justiceischeap Apr 2015 #2

I feel sorry for her ten year old. He will never be a adult. texanwitch Apr 2015 #5

There is less crime now; only more media fed hysteria. DamnYankeeInHouston Apr 2015 #8

I doubt there are less sexual predators, and that's what I'd be most worried about justiceischeap Apr 2015 #10

That usually done in the home by someone the child knows. DamnYankeeInHouston Apr 2015 #27

And the craziest thing is their school district requires a kindergartner to walk longer distances to get to pnwmom Apr 2015 #47

This is out of hand insane. B2G Apr 2015 #3

+1 sinkingfeeling Apr 2015 #39

No shit! Whether the police were just trying to make sure the kids got home safe, or they wanted hughee99 Apr 2015 #50

That just seems spiteful. Chemisse Apr 2015 #52

Meanwhile, somewhere else in Montgomery County, a child was actually being abused and/or neglected ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #4

To be fair to CPS justiceischeap Apr 2015 #11

I have people within my only family who have or still do work in social services. ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #12

They didn't bother to call the parents for 3 HOURS B2G Apr 2015 #24

That's what the parents say. They come across to me as unnecessarily strident if you read the links. randome Apr 2015 #26

"unnescessarily strident"???? really? niyad Apr 2015 #76

I'm not going to automatically assume justiceischeap Apr 2015 #28

They don't have to INTERVENE just because someone reports. Once they determined pnwmom Apr 2015 #48

But we don't know what else they determined is my only point. justiceischeap Apr 2015 #56

All my kids were 'free range'. Chemisse Apr 2015 #53

I'm a "free-range" kid and my parents gave me rules too justiceischeap Apr 2015 #55

Exactly! Chemisse Apr 2015 #59

Really? Really! HassleCat Apr 2015 #6

When most of us were that age, this is when it was time to come home... ChisolmTrailDem Apr 2015 #7

Because I was the youngest, my brother always made me be the one to leave the game of ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #13

I feel sorry for kids growing up today... Ron Obvious Apr 2015 #9

I can't understand why the parents were not notified when the kids were picked up by the PD. Arkansas Granny Apr 2015 #14

We were not allowed to free-range without our parents knowing where we were TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2015 #15

Nope, the kids just don't wander justiceischeap Apr 2015 #16

Well, WE WERE so allowed! I had to be home by 5:30 p.m., and sometimes my father had to call out for WinkyDink Apr 2015 #18

Born in late fifties. Grew up in sixties. TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2015 #20

My mother actually encouraged us to go outside and kill each other notadmblnd Apr 2015 #29

Sad. I want my kids around... TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2015 #36

yeah, it is sad notadmblnd Apr 2015 #38

Same here treestar Apr 2015 #61

If my mom decided to go somewhere TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2015 #63

We didn't have phones so I forget how we did it treestar Apr 2015 #67

LOL Well, we just rode off on our bikes TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2015 #68

I always knew where my MOTHER was! LOL! WinkyDink Apr 2015 #71

Wow- speculating about these kids pooping and peeing were you? bettyellen Apr 2015 #65

I was a kid! And, yeah, I used to wonder where TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2015 #66

WTH?! I, and everyone else I went to elementary school with, walked home! Older 6th-graders WinkyDink Apr 2015 #17

It was 6pm on a Sunday. I don't think school had anything to do with it. randome Apr 2015 #19

We ran around on the week-ends, too. WinkyDink Apr 2015 #69

When I grew up in the 1950's it wasn't called "free-range children." It was called "childhood." Vinca Apr 2015 #21

Read the first link in the snippet. randome Apr 2015 #23

At 10 and 6 Bettie Apr 2015 #22

Gotta save these kids from some pervert on the streets, by handing them over to some pervert at CPS 951-Riverside Apr 2015 #25

Explored Colorado Springs both alone and with friends at 8-9 Jake Stern Apr 2015 #30

Yes. My kids murielm99 Apr 2015 #32

The wussification of America continues apace. n/t Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #31

I think those parents are using their kids as political props. Paladin Apr 2015 #33

That i what I think too. bravenak Apr 2015 #34

Yes. Somehow they convinced the cops to pick up their own kids. Luminous Animal Apr 2015 #37

Do you have any evidence to support your claim? Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #41

Did you read all the links? randome Apr 2015 #43

human veal doesn't NEED to be outside! MisterP Apr 2015 #35

DUZY Jesus Malverde Apr 2015 #77

GPS for children Politicalboi Apr 2015 #40

The son was 10 -- well beyond that stage. n/t pnwmom Apr 2015 #49

I grew up wandering to my heart's content. Codeine Apr 2015 #42

same here... ProdigalJunkMail Apr 2015 #45

My two brothers & I were "Free Range" kids too. bvar22 Apr 2015 #44

In good humor I claim to have been a feral child... hunter Apr 2015 #46

jeez, we grew up in the outer core & regularly walked FOUR BLOCKS to catch the bus EVERYDAY! pansypoo53219 Apr 2015 #51

LOL! I thought it said, 'free range chicken" and thought those must be tough ass birds! Rex Apr 2015 #54

!!!! BlueJazz Apr 2015 #60

Need to stop scanning the titles and slow down a bit! Rex Apr 2015 #62

Insane. Just nuts. nt BainsBane Apr 2015 #57

I was TOTALLY free range as a kid. We all were back then. valerief Apr 2015 #58

I was a free range kid. Roamed a mountain by myself when I was 10. Avalux Apr 2015 #64

In 1950 when I was 10 and my brother was 6 we went all over NYC by subway. CK_John Apr 2015 #70

To say I envy you would be a gross understatement! Now, I grew up in a fab town for kids, but my WinkyDink Apr 2015 #73

I just got sad the other day passing my childhood park. There was an iron fence around each baseball WinkyDink Apr 2015 #72

Teaching kids to be afraid, and AVOID autonomy, self-confidence, or marching to their own drummer lostnfound Apr 2015 #74

the meitiv family niyad Apr 2015 #75

When I was 6 years old, I walked to school every day, as did other kids my age. When I was 10, I muntrv Apr 2015 #78

The government forcing parents into being overly protective is not a good trend. Kablooie Apr 2015 #79