If you live on post please watch your kids. Tomorrow I am calling for neglect if I see these kids again. I am talking about kids as young as 4 with no parents or siblings around. 

my son goes outside on his own...but i have the door and windows open to see him and he stays in the allowed area of our back yard. jesus when did america turn into such a nanny state. get your panties out of a bunch. its not neglect its called letting your kid explore. how do you know there isnt a parent watching and that they just arent right up their kids back side so the kid can discover and grow. some people i swear...maybe you should worry about your own family and once its perfect then worry about others. 

Neglect is defined by a lack of supervision. I am a mandated reporter and required to report incidents of abuse which neglect falls under. Call it a nanny state if you want but if you are too busy on facebook or sitting on your behind and cant inconvenience yourself to be a parent then please let someone know so that they can get your kid into a home where someone will parent them. 

kindly deleted :-) 

when i suspected neglect i had the balls to go up to my neighbor and ask why their kids were crying in their car strapped in with no adult in site. he had just ducked in to grab something before going out. i didn't know the situation so i ASKED.
not quite sure what CPS would have done.... besides ask... just like i did... and it looked bad but it wasn't. and that is what i told him. 

Well coco bless your heart. You got some anger in you. I hope you get that worked out. I'll say a special prayer just for you tonight.

For everyone else, please just watch your kiddos. 

If you live on post please watch your kids. Tomorrow I am calling for neglect if I see these kids again. I am talking about kids as young as 4 with no parents or siblings around.


So what exactly are you witnessing? Where are the kids? In their yard, in the street? At a park alone? 

Wow! Again what's up with all the attitude on here. Why attack someone for having an opinion? I think the poster my just be trying to say it's amazing at how many kids are not supervised on post. I personally have almost hit several kids running across the street within the many years we have been here. Maybe the point of the post was to open parents eyes. IMO 4 yr old is not an appropriate age to leave a child outdoors unattended at all! You never know what can happen if you just run in to the bathroom. Call me paranoid, but if my phone rings, or I have to have a bathroom break while they are playing, they come inside and sit while I am in there until I get out and I give them permission to go out again. I dont think this person went too far at all as to feel the way they do. There are way too many kids playing in the streets or toddlers "exploring" the streets of their neighborhoods where cares fly past in residential areas where the speed limit is supposed to be 20. 20 mph can kill a child. We live on a corner where 3 kids were hit in a 2 mth period on my street in the very same spot. So i think it's best for parents to just be cautious and take all the possible precautions they can, like tell your kids do not play anywhere near the street. If you have a ball and it accidentally goes into the street do not run out after it, get an adult, etc. Things like this should be common sense if you are a parent but sadly its not. 

*cars 

I've had my almost two year old outside by himself briefly. I'm sure someone driving by could assume I'm not supervising him.

But kids in my neighborhood do go without supervision. How do I know this? They end up in my yard or driveway. With no adults. 

when i was a kid i played outside alone in a bad neighborhood almost all the time.
when i was 4 i "took a hike" with a little stick and hanky pack. i went to a neighbors picnic and ate my friends salad because she didn't want it. i walked back and was surprised that i had a police escort. when i walked in the house my mom had tears streaming down her face and was playing sad songs on our little electric keyboard.
i had no idea why she was so upset. i had told her i was gonna take a hike. i looked both ways before crossing the street. i went to a trusted family friend's house, then came home.

but yes even though i was a responsible 4 year old, i was only 40 lbs, and i could have been snatched. 

Thank you OnARoll! As the wife of an MP I can say with certainty the majority of issues people report on post could be resolved if people would just go talk to other people. Maybe these children are too young to go without supervision. Maybe it's because Mom is sick or in pain or just plain so depressed she can't get off the couch. Maybe she is on Facebook because its how she communicates with her family. It happens and what a great opportunity to be a good neighbor and offer to help out. You'll never know unless you ask. 

i ran wild as a child because my mom was always in chronic pain.

but i was responsible. i always was back on time, and came when called. 

there are rules as to when a kid can just be in line of sight and I have to agree with the poster. I have been walking Discovery almost daily for my 2 miles and there are many kids out, especially in one particular area that they are playing at a ditch during school hours. My daughter had two girls leave their 2 year old sister in a swing as they went around a complex and came back around. They were gone for almost 5 minutes and if my 21yr old had not been there with her daughter there would not have been anyone watching that kid. As a mandated reporter you do not have to go investigate the situation, you report it and let the proper authorities handle the case. If there is no neglect found then they will dismiss the case. There is a false sense of security here on post and there are rules in place for a reason. It does not hurt to have the adults out either because now that it is getting warmer the thefts and other mischief will start to rise 

im annas husband and i farted 

excuse him. 

BEER!!!!
IM in control now hahahahahhahahah 

oh gosh 'scuse him again. 

When kids hit school age 4-5 parents are not required to be out side with them it's in the phamplet handed out at the FRC. You don't know that parents aren't keeping an eye from a window. It's your job to report legit concerns not judge others parenting. Some kids need less direct supervision than others. It should be up to the parent to decide. Now if they are doing something dangerous that's another story but don't assume parents are on Facebook and neglecting their children. 

I agree completely 

There is no reason to jump down anyones throat for giving a crap about the children being unattended.when we lived on post the amount of young children running wild was crazy to me.if its a simple as someone watching out their window then nothing would come of a friendly checkup,I think this lady deserves a round of applause for actually caring,too many people turn the cheek!!!! 

HOME ALONE POLICY
Age Requirements: Children 3 years or younger require direct supervision; 4–6 year-olds must have
immediate supervision (within eyesight or hearing distance of child); 7–9 year-olds must have monitored
supervision (can explore playgrounds and yards); 10–11 year-olds may not be unattended for more than two
hours; 12–14 year-olds may not be left alone overnight or for more than three hours without an adult
checking on them either telephonically or in person; 15–17 year-olds can be left alone for up to six hours
during the day or evening hours but not overnight. For all ages, there must be an emergency plan in place
with access to an adult in the case of an emergency.
Full text of Home Alone Policy is available at all CYS Services Facilities and JBLMmwr.com/CYS.htm. 

When kids hit school age 4-5 parents are not required to be out side with them it's in the phamplet handed out at the FRC


Really? Is that something new.. Last I read it was the age of 10. However that was on Fort Riley about a year ago. 

I figure if I am going to stand at the window I might as well step outside and be with them 

IMO 4 yr old is not an appropriate age to leave a child outdoors unattended at all! You never know what can happen if you just run in to the bathroom. Call me paranoid, but if my phone rings, or I have to have a bathroom break while they are playing, they come inside and sit while I am in there until I get out and I give them permission to go out again.


I agree. Unless he/she is in a fenced yard within earshot and eyesight. 

10 is to be home alone but here it's 9 for a couple hours during the day time and 12 to watch siblings 

10 is to be home alone but here it's 9 for a couple hours during the day time and 12 to watch siblings


To be home alone on Fort Riley when I was there you had to be 12. I have not seen the rules here though. 

Seems it is the same here on Fort Lewis.

HOME-ALONE POLICIES ON INSTALLATION:
Children under 12 years old will not be left alone in government quarters. Children will not be left in the care of anyone less than 13 years old. Children will not be supervised by someone under the age of 17 years old for long periods of time.

Home Alone