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CPS on Kids Allowed to Walk Alone: It Was Neglect
Danielle and Alexander Meitiv, a climate-science expert and a physicist for the National Institutes of Health now best known as the "free-range" parents who let their two kids walk unsupervised from...
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Cops: Mom Put Infant on Roadside, Drove Away
Police have charged a Maryland mother with child neglect and reckless endangerment after she allegedly left her infant on the side of a Pasadena road, then drove away. A bishop found what police now...
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Cops: Family Banished Teen for Eating Pop-Tart
A 14-year-old girl who ate an unauthorized Pop-Tart found herself banished to the woods for a week with only a tent, a roll of toilet paper, a flashlight, and a watch, police say. James Driggers, 33,...
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Mom Lets 4-Year-Old Play 120 Feet Away, Faces Jail
A mom who lives in a gated apartment complex in Sacramento, Calif., and describes her parenting style as "free range" faces up to six months in jail for letting her 4-year-old son play alone in the...
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Woman Faces Charges for Making Her Kids Walk to School
A Tennessee woman is facing child neglect charges after deputies found her driving ahead of her daughters while making them walk to school, the AP reports. Marion County Sheriff Ronnie Burnett tells...
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Couple Charged With Trying to Sell 3-Month-Old
A man and woman were arrested in West Virginia last week on charges that they tried to sell the woman's baby on May 28, the AP reports. Ashley N. Harmon, 25, and her fiance Jonathan Isaac Lucas Flint,...
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Parents Abandon Toddler to Catch Pokemon: Cops
When not falling off cliffs or making illegal border crossings , people are allegedly abandoning their kids in search of Pokemon. Arizona police say Brent Daley, 27, and Brianne Daley, 25, left their...
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Cop Helps Out Boy, 7, Peddling Teddy Bear for Food
A hungry 7-year-old boy trying to hawk his teddy bear to buy food ran into the right cop: Officer Steve Dunham tells WLWT "it broke my heart" to see the child trying to sell his toy last week outside a...
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Mom Accused of Putting Newborn in Fridge for 3 Hours
A 27-year-old South Carolina mother of a toddler has been accused of killing her 4-day-old newborn by putting him in the refrigerator for three hours, where he suffered hypothermia with asphyxiation,...
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Weiner's Woes Could Lead to 'Ugly' Custody Battle
Anthony Weiner has already lost wife Huma Abedin over his latest sexting transgressions, but the fact that Weiner's young son may have been in one of his late-night selfie sessions could have him in...
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Weiner: Yes, Child Services Is on My Case
There were whispers that child welfare authorities could be knocking on Anthony Weiner's door after his most recent sexting fiasco , and now that possibility has come to fruition. The former NYC...
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Parents' Clown Stunt Leads to Child's Removal From Home
News of a "creepy clown" arrest isn't so unusual these days. But this one in Menasha, Wis., involves possible child neglect charges and the removal of a 4-year-old girl from her home. Police caught two...
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Couple Headed to Prison for Killing Child Is Expecting Again
In March of 2013, after enduring weeks of beatings at the hands of her mother's now husband, 5-year-old Soren Chilson finally succumbed to a fatal blow to the head. One South Carolina detective called...
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Cops: Mother Deliberately Left Toddler Behind at Store
On a rare occasion, a busy mom may forget to load her kid into the car along with her groceries. But "in my whole career I have never seen anything where out-of the blue someone [deliberately] leaves...
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Boy With Toddler Passenger Crashes Car Into Canal: Cops
Authorities say a Florida man let his 13-year-old son drive a car unsupervised around a neighborhood with a 2-year-old passenger before the boy crashed into a canal. Neither child was seriously hurt in...
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Investigators Criticize Mom Over Missing Boys' Boat Trip
Investigators say the mother of one of two 14-year-old boys who vanished off the Florida coast in 2015 showed awful judgment in letting them venture out in a small fishing boat, but she will not face...
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Murder Charges for Parents Whose Son Died in Hot Car
A couple in Tennessee is facing life in prison—or even the death penalty—after authorities say they left their 2-year-old son alone in a car overnight and he died, WATE reports. Jade Phillips called...
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Prosecutor: Mom Told Stylist 'No Rush' as Kid Died in 129-Degree Car
The woman accused of second-degree murder in the hot-car death of her 1-year-old daughter has been denied bail in Georgia, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Prosecutors say Dijanelle Fowler,...
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Parents Sentenced for Child Neglect Over YouTube Videos
A Maryland couple whose YouTube prank videos garnered them accusations of child abuse were sentenced to five years probation on child neglect charges Monday, BuzzFeed reports. Michael and Heather...
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Classmate Recalls Students Treating Turpin Girl Like Dirt
David and Louise Turpin essentially can't have anything to do with their children for the next three years following a judge's Wednesday court order. The Desert Sun reports Riverside County Judge Emma...
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