Mom investigated for letting 8-year-old walk dog around the block"WILMETTE, Ill. - Just after returning home from a walk around the block with her dog, Marshmallow, an 8-year-old Wilmette girl expected a visit from a playmate.
Instead, police officers arrived at the family's door.
An anonymous caller had contacted police after seeing the girl walking the dog alone, said her mother, Corey Widen.
While police never pursued charges, the seemingly common activity launched an Illinois Department of Children and Family Services investigation to see if Widen was neglecting her children, she said.
...Widen's story is not unique.
Mothers in the Chicago area and across the country have found themselves at the center of investigations by police or child welfare officials after their children were spotted alone but unharmed - playing in parks or left for minutes in a car parked outside a store - activities that could pass for typical or harmless but now are perceived by some as unacceptable..."
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