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This always gets discussed whenever gaming or screen time comes up. Kids below a certain age can't do this stuff on their own anymore in a lot of places. Your
by bluefirebrand 5y ago
This always gets discussed whenever gaming or screen time comes up.
Kids below a certain age can't do this stuff on their own anymore in a lot of places. Your neighbors will call child protective services on you.
This leads to kids being raised indoors, or only in enrolled events, because parents can't spend all of their time outdoors with the kid.
Then when the kid is old enough to be outdoors on their own without supervision they don't want to be because they have been raised indoors.
- wing-_-nuts 5y agoSo let them call? Letting your children roam unattended is not child abuse, especially if the child is old enough to reasonably keep themselves safe.
- bluefirebrand 5y ago> Letting your children roam unattended is not child abuse I'd check your local laws around this. I know people in my city have been investigated for Child Neglect for letting their 7 year old walk to the mailbox alone. Yes, that's how insane we've become about kids.
- jimbokun 5y agoExplain that to the cops and Child Protective Services.
- wing-_-nuts 5y agoI absolutely would. It sickens me how our society seems hellbent on making sure everyone is anxious and fearful of everything, all of the time. If people do not stand up and push back, this sort of government paternalism just keeps intruding. I'd fight any charges against me to the supreme court if necessary, and I'd hope they'd set a precedent.
- fartcannon 5y agoIf you feel so much passion, whats stopping you now? You dont need kids to fight injustice. Stand up! Push back!
- micromacrofoot 5y agoI lived in a state that actually does consider it neglect, legally, if you let your <10 year old child roam alone. Check your local laws, because having child protective services called on you is not a good time.