DCF overreaction
The Department of Children and Families has launched an investigation after 4 children were found home alone at 2:30 a.m. in Dorchester. The children, ages 2, 3, 4, and 6, were transported to Boston Medical Center, even though there was nothing medically wrong with them and there was plenty of food in the apartment.
Okay, so this may not have been the best parenting decision ever, but this seems like an overreaction to me. People shouldn’t have to watch their kids every single second, and a 6-year-old is old enough to be home alone for a short period of time. Nothing bad happened to the kids. In fact, being taken to a hospital in an ambulance was by far the most traumatic thing that happened to them!
It strikes me as a little weird that people who are just minding their own business, by leaving their kids alone for a few minutes or wanting to keep the money that they earned, are considered criminals (or at least possible criminals) while, just to give an example, someone who viciously bullies a girl and causes her to commit suicide can’t be convicted of anything.