https://freerepublic.com/tag/nannystatetruth/ en-us Sat, 5 Sep 2026 03:59:12 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4394301/posts A Virginia mother of five was convicted of "contributing to the delinquency of a minor" last week for allowing her 5-year-old son to walk from home to a nearby pond to collect goose feathers in their gated community earlier this summer. Karyann Parkinson, a law clerk who was eight months pregnant at the time of the incident, was also placed on a government child abuse and neglect registry, where she will remain for seven years. The judge immediately suspended a six-month jail sentence, but the charge remains. Now her attorney is planning an appeal that's expected to go to trial... Yahoo https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4394301/posts#comment Sat, 5 Sep 2026 03:59:12 GMT