Ep 76 | What School Is For, Nation’s Report Card, Free Range Parenting
Lost Debate
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Is It Legal to Leave Kids at Home?
Sally Kohn: A mother in Arizona was arrested for leaving her son and friend at a park while she went to the grocery store. She says even though there were no safety concerns, police charged her with child neglect because of what theoretically could have happened. Kohn: The state's minor delinquency laws are very vague so this could be dubbed an act of negligence. This is just one of a ton of examples of leaving kids at home or letting them walk from school alone or dropping them off at a playground that is being criminalized by states like Florida where two parents had to attend play therapy after their 11-year-old got lost on his way home.Kohn: Some people
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