Your kids can walk to school alone again

It's now legal for your kids to walk to school. Yep, it's right there on page 857 of the gazillion-page Every Student Succeeds Act. Sponsored by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) - a fan of the Free-Range Kids movement I started - it states that the law will not "prohibit a child from traveling to and from school on foot or by car, bus, or bike when . . . the parents have given permission." Furthermore, the parents themselves shall not be exposed to "civil or criminal charges." It's not the Declaration of Independence, but it is legally sticking up for the rights of parents to, well, parent. [...]

David Pimentel, a law professor at the University of Idaho with expertise in parental liability, says, "While there are no good statistics on how often parents are getting caught up in the legal system for what are essentially Free-Range parenting practices . . . they are definitely on the increase in recent years."

source: Article 'Your kids can walk to school alone again' by Lenore Skenazy (founder of the book and blog "Free-Range Kids" and a contributor to Reason.com); nypost.com/2015/12/16/your-kids-can-walk-to-school-alone-again/; New York Post; 16 December 2015</