For parents in Utah, it is now legal for their children to walk or bike to and from school without an accompanying adult. They can also let their kids play outside unsupervised, and be allowed to stay at home unattended.
These newfound freedoms are the result of the “Free-Range Parenting Bill,” unanimously passed by the Utah legislature and recently signed into law by Utah governor, Gary R. Herbert. Utah’s law is said to be the first of its kind in the nation.
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I live in Utah, raised 4 kids in Utah and raising a Grandson in Utah and when I heard this, I did a ‘Happy Dance’...
It’s about time to let kids find out what life is about...there are rules to live by (set by the parents, not the gov.) and if you break the rules then things happen, that’s how I raised my children and they are fine and so am I and by the looks of it, my grandson is going to be also...
There is a place for Gov. but NOT in the bedroom or raising our children, even if some believe that the Gov. own the children, they didn’t have them, we did, and my husband and I supported them, not the Gov. so thank you Utah for having some brains!!!
Wow....didn’t realize that UT was a such a nanny state....that they had to actually pass a law to let kids do....what kids (at least here in TX) do....that is, walk to school, play outside, stay at home, alone, once they’re a responsible age....what we’ve been doing (in TX, anyway) for EVER!!
The school bullies, the Romneys, and Lee families could hear you a comin' a quarter-mile away and they scattered like rats.
Would that be about right? :- )