No, this is not a uniquely American problem. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11498123/Arrests-for-leaving-kids-home-alone-made-every-day.h

No, this is not a uniquely American problem. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11498123/Arrests-for-leaving-kids-home-alone-made-every-day.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/1149812... Even in European countries that are more liberal about this it's now relatively easy to find individual accounts of parents being harassed for leaving children unattended. But "we" haven't arrested anyone. "We" should be replaced by "police officers" IMO.