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Maryland "free-range" parents to file suit against CPS and Montgomery County Police for detaining their kids for five hours for pretty much no reason -- (link)

Posted by con_carne Apr 14 '15, 22:41

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/free-range-parents-plan-to-file-lawsuit-after-police-pick-up-children/2015/04/14/ed4f7658-e2b7-11e4-b510-962fcfabc310_story.html (www.washingtonpost.com)

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good. -- nm - Beaker Apr 15, 02:53
the time i spent out of the house without parental supervision growing up in Md. is incalculable - professor smartbrain Apr 14, 22:46 5
- Seriously...course I also had like 15 parents. - Will Hunting Apr 15, 06:59 1
  - The issue isn't that there aren't parents, but that Mrs. Lowe no longer knows your mom. - TWuG Apr 15, 07:03
- Right. I live in the same neighborhood I did growing up, and kids just aren't roaming like they used. - Inigo Apr 15, 05:12 2
  - it's so different. we were latchkey kids at seven and eight and here people do afterschool care through grade 7. what? -- nm - amanda Apr 15, 05:23 1
    - and, ironically, it would be *safer* to leave kids home alone now - cell phones can reach you anywhere, you could have digital cams set up, when we - Andie Apr 15, 06:29

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