Roy Green - Sun Feb 22 - Child Abandonment

A Winnipeg mother was cleared of a criminal charge of child abandonment on Friday. She left her 6 year old son home alone for 90 minutes in the summer of 2013. There's more to the case, like the mother being home after 90 minutes because police contacted her. Will be explained by guest. Meanwhile, the Toronto mother of the four year old found wandering outside in -14 degree weather and taken in by a neighbour is out on bail after being charged with abandonment of a child under the age of 10. She may not see her son. Do we (the state) get too involved in people's lives? Is this a case of society protecting a child, or society butting into a parent's decision on what to do on any particular day with his or her child? Do you leave your children alone at home? Were you a latch-key kid?
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A Winnipeg mother was cleared of a criminal charge of child abandonment on Friday. She left her 6 year old son home alone for 90 minutes in the summer of 2013. There's more to the case, like the mother being home after 90 minutes because police contacted her. Will be explained by guest. Meanwhile, the Toronto mother of the four year old found wandering outside in -14 degree weather and taken in by a neighbour is out on bail after being charged with abandonment of a child under the age of 10. She may not see her son. Do we (the state) get too involved in people's lives? Is this a case of society protecting a child, or society butting into a parent's decision on what to do on any particular day with his or her child? Do you leave your children alone at home? Were you a latch-key kid?

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