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If I might ask, where do you live? In America a woman was arrested for letting her child walk in her own neighborhood. https://people.com/va-mom-convicted-for-letting-5-year-old-w...
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That's extreme and unusual prosecutorial overreach to the point that it's making national news.

It's also unlikely that she will be convicted since VA passed a law in 2023 that makes it explicit that parents are allowed to let their children go places alone.


Canada. No gated suburb necessary, just a walkable neighbourhood.



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