THOUGHT-PROVOKING

IS IT THAT ATTITUDES HAVE CHANGED TOWARDS HOW LONG WE CAN LEAVE KIDS ALONE IN A PARK, OR DO WE NEED TO WAKE UP TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO INCARCERATE PEOPLE FOR MINOR OFFENSES LIKE THIS OR WEED POSSESSION? Guess who pays for their stay in jail. WE ALL DO!

"These arrests may be coming after a cultural shift around when and how children are thought to be capable of being left alone. Slate conducted an unscientific online survey and found that in the 1940s, most children were allowed to walk a mile to five miles from home alone in second or third grade, but by the 1990s parents only allowed middle schoolers to do so. Similarly, children in the 1940s and 50s were allowed to go to a playground alone in second or third grade, but by the 90s they had to wait until fourth or fifth grade."

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/08/15/3471673/mother-arrested-children-food-bank/?elq=%7E%7Eeloqua..type--emailfield..syntax--recipientid%7E%7E&elqCampaignId=%7E%7Eeloqua..type--campaign..campaignid--0..fieldname--id%7E%7E