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Parents Under Investigation for Raising
an Independent Seven-Year-Old

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Posted By: ladydawgfan, 4/4/2024 2:56:11 PM

In my daily sojourns for news, I occasionally encounter SM posts from Millennials or Gen Zers, wondering aloud why those of us in Gen X have either avoided blame for all of today's financial and social woes or why we have managed to stay out of the generational conflicts. (Snip) This brings us to the story of the Widner family in Canton, Georgia. Reason notes that the Widners homeschool their three kids. Back in August of 2018, the kids were on the swim team at the local YMCA.

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I was raised as an independent child in the 70's. The things I, and my siblings, did then would curl the hair of any CPS agent today and probably lead to citations or charges for my parents!!

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Reply 1 - Posted by: sunshinehorses 4/4/2024 3:18:54 PM (No. 1692636)
By the time I was 7, I was cooking, cleaning, taking care of younger siblings and my parents. I tried very hard not to turn my kids into little parents so young, but I did raise them to be independent and think for themselves. We lived in the country most of the time and they learned how to milk the goats, raise chickens and garden. They also had the freedom to roam and play without constant hovering by parents.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: msjena 4/4/2024 3:19:35 PM (No. 1692637)
They are lucky nothing ever came of this. Once social services get involved, all of a parent's or adult caregiver's rights go out the window.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: DVC 4/4/2024 3:23:57 PM (No. 1692644)
They needed to file police harassment charges the local District Attorney. The cops have absolutely NO RIGHTS to be harassing a kid for riding his bike. No laws were broken, this is pure harassment, and they should be able to sue the officers individually or the police force.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: downnout 4/4/2024 3:32:26 PM (No. 1692657)
Good heavens, my parents would have been jailed! When I was six years old my little friend and I were riding our horses all over Rolling Hills (California) …. alone. No adults around. Little did we know we were free-range children.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Hermit_Crab 4/4/2024 3:41:36 PM (No. 1692665)
They aren't the children of the people who brought them to life. All children that survive the abortion mills belong to the State.... At least according to the left.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: dbdiva 4/4/2024 4:38:56 PM (No. 1692702)
From the headline, this almost sounds like an article from the Babylon Bee. However, this family might spare themselves additional grief from LEOs if mom supplies Jackson with a few cookies before he goes out to play. That grocery store seems to be the little guy's nemesis.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: DiegoDude 4/5/2024 6:07:23 AM (No. 1693042)
Wow. Glad our kids are adults now. My wife and I had " free range kids." They biked, hiked, ran all over the place. We homeschooling them through high school, so they learned how/when to use a gun, hunted, camped, fished, learned basic car maintenance, etc. If a dip dunk family services caseworker showed up at my door, I'd have told them to kiss both sides.
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