Utah passes 'free-range parenting' law

The pedophiles must be excited.

Every kid should visit a trap house, unsupervised, at least once

It's weird that this has to be a law.

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Every kid should visit a trap house

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I don't know wtf a trap house is but helicopter parents are doing society a disservice. Kids need to learn independence.

I have to tell my wife all of the time that's it ok that we don't know exactly where our 10 yr old and her friends went bike riding. The media has scared people into being overbearing parents.

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but Utah honestly might be the best state in the country to raise a kid in

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I agree. I should move there and live amongst like minded people (outside of the whole Mormon thing)

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It's weird that this has to be a law.

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Article says that it is just redefining 'child neglect' to narrow the scope

Laws frequently have to have definitions redefined to help authorities understand how to interpret and enforce the law

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this is a retarded, stupid, ignorant comment

Pedophiles have existed forever, in fact the punishment and enforcement of doing something as bad as pedophilia is actually EXTREMELY new in historical context.

So I would argue your argument is complete bullshite, as we keep "pedophiles" under control MUCH better in 2018 than we did even in the 80s.

Uncle Bobby who comes over to your house during Christmas time is also historically a MUCH bigger risk to your child than them going outside and being a fricking kid.

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You ok? Sending prayers.

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allowing children to do things alone like travelling to school.

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I don't understand what the law actually does. If you want to let your child walk alone to school now you can. The law surely isn't going to mandate that you are required to do that...so what exactly does this accomplish?

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I don't understand what the law actually does. If you want to let your child walk alone to school now you can. The law surely isn't going to mandate that you are required to do that...so what exactly does this accomplish?

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Looks like it basically protects parents from legal/criminal investigation when some overly-concerned third party freaks out about a nine-year-old walking by themselves. Yes, you're correct in that parents can let their kids walk alone now, but this prevents authorities from even looking into the matter.

I'm sure there have been lots of cases all over the country where some random person sees a kid walking by themselves, stops them and finds out their name, and then calls 911 trying to be a hero. Then authorities are obligated to look into the matter, and the parent has to explain themselves to the police. That shouldn't have to happen.

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She explained that the new bill states that it won't be considered negligent by authorities, who cannot start an investigation, if a parent lets their child walk outside alone, play without supervision or allows them to wait in the car without an adult.

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In my opinion this is very much a common sense law,

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it's sad we have to create a law like this in the supposedly free united states