The Silver Spring siblings were about 2
“The police coerced our children into the back of a patrol car and kept them trapped there for three hours, without notifying us, before bringing them to the Crisis Center, and holding them there without dinner for another two and a half hours,” their mom, Danielle Meitiv, said to her Facebook friends. “We finally got home at 11 pm and the kids slept in our room because we were all exhausted and terrified.”
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This was the 2nd time someone called the police on these kids. To me it appears the same person must placing the calls to the police.
When I was 10 we went where ever we wanted, the 'rule' was, we had to be in the front yard when the streetlights came on! Rules change especially in Racine since City Hall has turned off some of the street lights.
Very interesting article to read; how crazy this country is really becoming.
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We were talking about this last night. I don't remember if I wandered when I was six (okay I did end up in a police car at Christianos one time) but at 10 we were all over the place. Especially on our bikes. This is just craziness.
ReplyDeleteI know at 7 we were already able to go pretty much anywhere within a reasonable distance. I alway's got hurt seemingly, but It was never too serious. Stitches, Broken Leg, more stitches, etc. Life was beautiful, and I would love to go back In time.
ReplyDeleteDon't we sound like old fogeys...but I will join in.
ReplyDeleteI had a gloriously unsupervised childhood. I walked to school in kindergarten alone (although it was only a block). We moved and then I had to bike to school starting in 1st grade...a little less than a mile...alone and that was standard for all of elementary school...even in the winter unless it was REALLY cold and snowing. Both parents worked so I had amazingly unsupervised summers.
The world has changed. I'm not sure if it's safe for these kids to be alone with all the predators around. Like others, when I was a kid I went everywhere on my bike, but the only predator we knew about then was a Racine juvenile judge who would cruise the North Beach lake bank at night.
ReplyDeleteI walked to school when I was in Kindergarden, and so did my kids. Granted, it wasn't a mile... but, still. When we were slightly older, we rode our bikes around a pretty big "square," bounded by busier streets.
ReplyDeleteThis kid is 10! I saw this on the news and thought, something is wrong with this story. There must be more to it. If not, don't the police and social workers have enough cases of real abuse to keep them busy?