Law enforcement says the Georgia mother failed to report a missing child. The woman's lawyer says the case is absurd.

Georgia mom Brittany Patterson was arrested by sheriff's deputies after her 10-year-old son took off alone to the store nearly a mile from their home.

Bodycam footage shows the moment a Georgia mother was arrested after her child walked less than a mile alone in their quiet ...

A mom in Georgia is facing possible jail time after her 10-year-old son was found walking alone to town, less than a mile ...

Despite the growing consensus that “helicopter,” or overprotective parenting, often backfires, the Georgia case underscores ...

A Georgia mother of four arrested in front of her children after allowing her 10-year-old son to walk home alone last month ...

God help any parent today whose 6-year-old might slip out of the house with a paper coin his sister made for him!

A story from my childhood came to mind as I read a recent ABC News report about a mother who was arrested after her son was ...

Brittany Patterson was arrested after her son walked a mile by himself. A mother in Georgia has sparked national debate about how much freedom a child should have when she was arrested after her ...

Brittany Patterson was told that her 10-year-old son, Soren, had walked to the Dollar General store located in Mineral Bluff, a town less than a mile away from the family’s home. A passer-by ...

Brittany Patterson was captured on police body cam video being handcuffed and taken into custody after her 10-year-old son left home alone and was found walking in their small town of Mineral Bluff.