{"id":20816,"date":"2015-02-17T05:45:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T10:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?p=20816"},"modified":"2015-02-16T21:55:18","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T02:55:18","slug":"the-mom-busted-for-letting-her-kids-walk-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2015\/02\/the-mom-busted-for-letting-her-kids-walk-home\/","title":{"rendered":"The mom busted for letting her kids walk home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The mother accused of child neglect<\/a> for letting her children walk home from the park by themselves tells her story.<\/p>\n

From Danielle Meitiv,\u00a0 When letting your kids out of your sight becomes a crime \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

We all want what is best for our children. We want them to be happy and successful, and we want to protect them from harm. But what if we are protecting them from extremely remote threats while ignoring the things that most endanger their well-being? What if police and child welfare officials, the experts whom we empower to protect our children, are pursuing phantom problems while neglecting those who are truly at risk?<\/p>\n

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One recent Saturday afternoon, six police officers and five patrol cars came to my home in Silver Spring. They demanded identification from my husband and entered our home despite not having a warrant to do so. The reason for this show of force? We had allowed our children to walk home from a neighborhood park by themselves.<\/p>\n

A few hours later, a Montgomery County Child Protective Services (CPS) social worker coerced my husband into signing a \u201ctemporary safety plan\u201d for our children by threatening to take the children \u201cright now\u201d \u2014 a threat she backed up with a call to the police. In the weeks that followed, another worker from the agency appeared at our door with the police and insisted that he did not need a warrant to enter our home. He also interviewed our children at school without our knowledge or permission.<\/p>\n

When did Americans decide that allowing our kids to be out of sight was a crime?<\/p>\n

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