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Mom jailed for letting 10-year-old walk alone to town (reason.com)

submitted 2 days ago by realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[+] realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club -147 points 2 days ago (27 children)

While I'm a big parental rights fan I actually tentatively am siding with the state on this one.

Patterson had driven her eldest son to a medical appointment. Her youngest son, 11-year-old Soren, intended to come along but wasn't around when it was time to leave.

It's one thing to intentionally raise your child in a free-range way, I think that should be allowed to a certain degree. It's a completely different thing to neglect your child by driving away from your home after you can't find him at the house and you don't know where he is.

[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 days ago (3 children)

If a kid is old enough to go to school its old enough to walk to places or stay home alone

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