> a parent can be charged (by a perfect stranger) for the crime of neglecting their child when allowing them to rove unrestricted outside

This is more about criminalising poverty than anything about parenting. I live in a rich part of Wyoming. The kids are fucking feral.

I live in Philadelphia in Mt Airy. I see kids of all races around all the time. Sometimes my kids. The only place I read about parents being jailed for their kids being outside is HN.