You don't see it in the news that much, but you get phone calls because nosy neighbour reports an unattended kid outside. Law in some places say that children

You don't see it in the news that much, but you get phone calls because nosy neighbour reports an unattended kid outside. Law in some places say that children have to be supervised until 12, etc. The phone calls create a chilling effect as parents tell other parents. So if you even want to avoid the helicopter parent trend, society forces you to be their chauffeur. So no, kids don't get taken away immediately, but the singular phone call is enough to stop it in %99 of cases. But here are some links (go through the links that the articles give too): * Started by some new stories: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/03/27/free-range-kids-children-can-now-play-outside-without-adult-supervision-utah/461590002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/03/27/fr... * The linked article author went through an entire lawsuit about this with BC's CPS: https://5kids1condo.com/we-won-common-sense-prevails-in-bus-dad-case/ https://5kids1condo.com/we-won-common-sense-prevails-in-bus-... I bet if you did 10 minutes of google research yourself you could find plenty more.