[boxerblues]

Whether the couple's actions could be regarded as abandonment depends on how much guidance the parents are still providing and "if the children are suffering as a result," said Carrie Hoeppner, a spokeswoman with the Department of Children & Families in Orange County

give me a frinking break, abandonment? They are still on their own property

[TNdandelion]

My 6yr old knows that if she doesn't keep her room picked up, mommy and daddy get a new office/sewing room! Which reminds me...I've got 2 bags of toys in the attic to pull down and sort through.

Would it be tacky to re-wrap them as christmas presents? (kidding)