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.

The case of Brittany Patterson has made national headlines, sparking a debate over parental rights. She tells Newsweek she's ...

Brittany Patterson, 41, is fighting against potential jail time after deputies arrested her over her 10-year-old son's ...

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 ...

A Georgia mom was arrested for reckless conduct after her son, then 10, was reported for walking by himself in a rural area.

Brittany Patterson, 41, of Mineral Bluff, Ga., was arrested by the Fannin County Sheriff’s Department on Oct. 30 after she ...

Brittany Patterson, a mother from Georgia, USA, was arrested on October 30 for reckless conduct after her 10-year-old son, ...

Brittany Patterson was handcuffed in front of her children, arrested and booked into the Fannin County jail, where she had to ...

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