A few days later, DFCS presented Patterson with a “safety plan” for her to sign. It would require her to delegate a “safety person” to be a “knowing participant and guardian” and watch over the children whenever she leaves home. The plan would also require Patterson to download an app onto her son’s phone allowing for his location to be monitored. (The day when it will be illegal not to track one’s kids is rapidly approaching.)
Of course there’s a grift train. I’d be very curious to know more about that company, its owners, and its financials.
Also tagging @abucci@buc.ci (can someone tell me how to do that right?). Seems like something that might interest you, re: our recent conversation.
/u/abucci@buc.ci: check the comment above this
I assume this creates a notification, idk.
test: /u/spacesatan@leminal.spacewell it should work, there’s an inbox tab for mentions. doesnt seem to trigger if it’s in an edit.Try
@abucci@buc.ci./u/is Reddit syntax, we don’t do that here.@rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com @DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world @theluddite@lemmy.ml @spacesatan@lazysoci.al This one generated a mention in my fediverse server, for what it’s worth.
Okay, we’re getting somewhere. What’s the secret?
Maybe this is a front end thing, going to user profile the url is /u/user@instance and my /u/ format creates a link for me but the @ format doesn’t.
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!slaszt@moist.catsweat.com @slaszt@moist.catsweat.com /u/slaszt@moist.catsweat.com
None of these work for me, hahaha. I have no idea why.
Imagine getting jailed unless you ground your kids 24/7. Pretty sure that used to be a punishment for kids, not a requirement.
I know this is probably not possible if I still wish to use English online, but does anybody know how to filter out news specifically form America? It’s becoming less and less relevant to my life as America is becoming more and more like Russia. It’s like yea, I know, the people are literal fascists, any additional details are just depressing.
I had filtered loads of buzz words before I left reddit. Now going on without being signed in is nausea inducing. Block Trump & Elon for sure.
I always felt reddit needed a grouping mechanism. I never in my life want to see anything related to baseball on my feed but I would have to block every one of their teams to make it work. Same goes for anime or manga or hentai or whatever all those drawings are.
For anime I just used to block all communities that stumble across my feed(those were like 10 or so).
Based on the safety plan including “installing a location tracking app on the child’s phone”, the kid has a phone and could easily call for help or be called if there was a concern.
Children used to ride bikes much farther then a mile without even a quarter in their pocket to pay for a phone call.
Remember the Duracell ad?
Never needed money when you could call collect and when prompted for a name you gave a speedy, “mom pick me up at the mall!!” And of course she’d decline the call.
Bob Wehadababyitsaboy
Man I had to explain this to my fiance about a month ago. It popped in my head after being dormant for 20 years and I was just saying it out loud around her. Glad someone else out there still remembers
Volunteered at a hospital in 10th grade for community service. Walked home 2.5 miles each time, partially along an expressway. I wasn’t allowed to have a cell phone because of the evils of screens (the Nokias had just switched to color, god forbid). It would’ve been weird not to walk home and wait hours until a parent was free when I lived that close. Shoutout to the eternally on-duty 7-11 employee Ray who sold me Gatorades.
Yeah like as if God forbids any kids run around without being continuously tracked by Life360.
Frack that Sheriff. Should lose her job, and they should investigate who called ?
When I was a kid I got kicked out of the house at 9am on the weekends with no cell phone; now walking less than a mile is grounds for parents to get arrested?
My kids of 7 and 10 ride to school through the city (it’s about a mile away, but my daughter went to another school 3 miles away before.
When we got to this new school, I rode with them for a month using different routes and shouting “look left”, “stop here”, as they weren’t looking. Once they were able to lead me to school and back without complaints from mybside for a few times, I let them do it themselves. We just take turns kicking them out in the morning to ensure they’re on time. It works, and they will grow into independent people.
I was cycling wherever the fuck I wanted when I was a kid. I’m fine.
For the context, we’re in Denmark, and I’m originally from Russia“You’re guilty of leaving your child alone, therefore we’re taking you away from your child.”
“Your kid could have been traumatized walking home alone, now get the fuck on the ground while we arrest you in front of them and haul you off to prison while they’re left at home”
Thats like the bank charging a fee for insufficent funds.
Or schools expeling you for truancy…
It’s like raiaaain,
on your wedding day
So ironic
That would be admitting this country ain’t safe enough for a child. Doomer world
Something I’m noticing is the people who scream the loudest about the “what ifs” like rape and murder are often really fucking crazy themselves.
From a boring dystopia to a holy fuck that’s scary dystopia.
I’m not saying this didn’t happen, but I’m skeptical that it happened how it’s being reported. It seems the only details are coming from the mother and her attorney, which is a red flag to me. It also sounds a lot like the self reported “discrimination” that some fundamentalist Christian influencer families have claimed, when they were indeed neglecting/abusing their children. In particular the Lott family (AmericanFamilyRoadTrip on socials) who live in a bus with their 8 children, don’t get them medical attention unless forced, and recently got a “parents rights” attorney who sounded a lot like the attorney in this article.
I also find it odd that the sheriff of a town of less than 400 people would cause waves like this over an unfounded claim from a stranger. I’m curious to know what all this safety plan entails, because it could be a very reasonable plan and it’s likely that DCFS just has to meet certain criteria before they can close the case.
Again, not saying it didn’t happen, but the story seems like a good candidate for “missing reasons.”
the story seems like a good candidate for “missing reasons.”
Which is interesting as it’s coming from reason.com
There’s another fundamentalist influencer family, a conservative wannabe Eminem and his disturbingly meek wife. They also have a gaggle of children and have been investigated by DCFS. Oh and then there’s the family that Shaq buys stuff for all the time, and the one whose oldest son is in prison for possession of CSAM, and the family whose grandparents were literal Nazis.
These people all know each other, have all kinds of cronies, and spread all kinds of misinformation. I wouldn’t put it past any of them to make a fake “news” website to back up their own claims, and name it something dumb like reason.com 😂
As another commenter pointed out Reason magazine has been around for decades. It’s a libertarian publication so I don’t trust them to not push views a 14-year old would think is deep but any well-adjusted adult could see right through, but it isn’t like they are some fly-by-night website.
Thank you for sharing, but now I’m even more suspicious. Libertarians aren’t exactly known for their fact checking abilities, and I can’t find this news story on websites that seem any more reputable.
Reason.com is a publication that’s been around for years, decidedly libertarian lean. No idea what that means for it in current political context. I used to see people from Reason on Bill Maher’s show as non-Republican conservative-ish voices.
Hm, interesting, thanks for sharing. Libertarians and fundamentalist influencers have quite a bit of overlap in the ideologies, funny enough. I don’t know how to feel about the Bill Maher tidbit though… I’m not his biggest fan, lol.
Me neither. Part of that came from watching him for a while.
I rode my bike all around town when I was 10. No fone. Just friends when I got to the spot.
What in the sweet ever loving fuck is this shit?
State mandated helicopter parenting?
The app they have to agree to use is “donating” to the police department… maybe, I dunno, but I wouldn’t be surprised if…
Honestly such a cute and fun show. It also does a good job of highlighting the culture difference. Not that the Japanese parents expect their kids to get across town on their own, but they do expect their infrastructure to be pedestrian-friendly and safe.
Note that while there are certain things that young children can do in Japan because it’s a generally safe society, that show is almost completely contrived. There’s no cultural ethos of “the first errand” that your ~5 year old is tasked with doing as a mark of a stage of life.
Cute show but the concept itself is as real as most reality TV in the states.
