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

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.

By David Larson We tend to focus on the freedoms of adults — like the ability to vote, speak one’s mind, and own private property — but for children to grow up to be independent, responsible, ...

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 of Mineral Bluff, Ga., was at a doctor’s appointment with her other child when her nearly 11-year-old boy left his house and was spotted by himself. Somebody alerted the police who ...

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 ...

Brittany Patterson was arrested in front of her children after letting her then 10-year-old son walk less than a mile to the ...

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 ...

The Central Lee Community School District has inducted three new members to its Academic Hall of Fame as part of the Class of ...