A Maine mom is facing a child endangerment charge for allowing her 7-year-old daughter to play at a park across the street from her house — all while the mother remained at home.
Westbrook, Maine, resident Nicole Jensen told WMTW-TV she and other neighborhood parents allow their kids to play in the nearby park with the understanding that an adult is never more than a few steps away.
“We watch each other’s kids. I don’t just send her over here and ignore her all day,” she explained.
But somebody saw the girl playing in the park with no adults immediately in sight and — what else? — called 911.
The cops came and took the girl. They say they tried to call Jensen but couldn’t reach her on the phone.
“[An hour is] a long time for a 7-year-old girl to be by herself — in any location; let alone a public park,” said Police Chief Janine Roberts.
So they took the girl to the precinct. If they hadn’t eventually made contact with Jensen, the cops’ next move would have been to drop her daughter off at DHR.
An incensed Jensen said that’s overkill.
“They brought her to the police station when her house is right there,” Jensen said, gesturing toward her home. She said that she and other nearby parents make sure to check in on the kids at least every hour, and that the police were wrong to take her daughter to the local precinct instead of simply walking the young girl to her home across the street.
“She did nothing wrong,” Jensen said. “She’s followed all of my rules.”
Reason’s Lenore Skenazy has the moral of the story: “Let’s hope Jensen has learned her lesson: Parks aren’t for kids! They’re for real estate values. They’re props. You’re not supposed to let your kids actually, you know, play, in them.”
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