Six years on –
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Nanny of the Month, June 2015
Nannyism, Regulations
Filling your own tank? Fughetaboutit…
Liberty, Nannyism, Photography, Schools
School Bullies Young Photographer
“It turns out that the school’s “acceptable use policy” (AUP) doesn’t clearly apply to the situation at hand. The Lewisville Texan Journal has a wide-ranging account of the mess (which is ongoing) and has posted damning documents of the school’s bullying tactics. The school district’s communications person hasn’t gotten back to folks with pertinent information.…
Libertarians, Nannyism, Open Government, Police, Public Records, Regulations
Nanny of the Month, March 2015
Nannyism, Open Government
Reason’s Nanny of the Year 2014
Crime, Culture, Nannyism
‘Just Don’t Let Your Kids Play Outside’
When playing is a crime: Children’s book author Kari Anne Roy was recently visited by the Austin police and Child Protective Services for allowing her son Isaac, age 6, to do the unthinkable: Play outside, up her street, unsupervised. He’d been out there for about 10 minutes when Roy’s doorbell rang. She opened it to…
Crime, Liberty, Nannyism
Playing in the Park as a Crime
Hours at a time? At a park? In the summer? Gosh! That certainly sounds normal and fun like a reason to throw a mom in jail—and place the child in state custody. Here are the facts: Debra Harrell works at McDonald’s in North Augusta, South Carolina. For most of the summer, her daughter had stayed there with her,…