The Dunkin’ Donuts Case
A nonprofit is trying to change neglect laws so that simply trusting your children in the outside world is not reason enough to trigger a police investigation.
It was Super Bowl Sunday in February 2019. Cynthia Rivers and her husband decided that their children, 7 and 9, deserved a long-promised treat for cleaning their rooms: the chance to walk to Dunkin’ Donuts, a mile away, by themselves. (I changed her name to protect the family’s anonymity.)
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