Art Carden    "The Criminalization of Parenthood" and Mortality
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This post is a modified version of a comment from the
Libertarian Homeschooler Facebook page.  Via The Libertarian
Homeschooler, I just saw Radley Balko's new post on "The
Criminalization of Parenthood."  My wife and I are big fans of
Lenore Skenazy's Free Range Kids, but more than once I've
wondered whether a bystander would call the cops on me if I were
to leave the kids in our well-ventilated car for just a few
minutes while I ducked inside the store or the library.
According to this site, 623 kids have died from heatstroke from
being left in cars since 1998. From the bar graph in the middle
of the page, there doesn't appear to be a clear upward or
downward trend. The total from 1998-present is only about 3/4 of
the number of kids who died from poisonings in 2010 alone. As
tragic as these deaths are, it's a mistake to say "if it saves
one life, it's worth it." I wasn't able to