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It's worth noting, this is in Canada. Laws are different everywhere. I know that in most of the US, CPS will not come out for a single complaint, not ever. It
by quaunaut 8y ago
It's worth noting, this is in Canada. Laws are different everywhere.
I know that in most of the US, CPS will not come out for a single complaint, not ever. It has to be multiple, repeated complaints, and the vast majority of the time, it needs to be more than a kid walking down the street- generally, CPS has more than enough real child abuse cases to deal with that they don't have time to pick up the odd stuff.
Not saying this didn't happen, but that a localized context matters to these things.
- rayiner 8y agoThat’s not true. In Montgomery County MD recently there was a case where parents got in trouble for letting their kids (like 5 and 7) walk to school less than a mile. (One reason we don’t live in Montgomery County.)
- zdragnar 8y agoI don't know which most of the US you're describing; if anything they err on the side of over-investigative around here.
- kardianos 8y agoThis is not true in the US.
- jnbiche 8y agoThis is not true. CPS comes out all the time for ridiculous things like 8-year-olds walking alone in a neighborhood (first time). Read any parenting blog. We really need a law like Utah's in every state.
- seattle_spring 8y ago> We really need a law like Utah's in every state. That's a phrase I thought I'd never read. Utah has some of the most outrageous nanny state laws, worse than stuff I could even dream up.
- jnbiche 8y ago> Utah has some of the most outrageous nanny state laws That may be so, but it's irrelevant to the fact that this particular law is both wise and greatly needed.