Jack Douglas sent me an article about “free-range parenting” being made legal in Utah. I didn’t know what the term meant, much less that it was illegal prior to the law being passed. The new law allows “kids the freedom to walk to and from school, wait in parked cars (while their parents run errands in a store, for example), and visit playgrounds solo…” “…the following situations would not qualify as [parent] neglect: traveling to and from school or recreational facilities by walking, running, or biking, playing outside, or sitting in a car unattended, provided the child is at least … Continue reading I Was a “Free-Range” Child