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VIDEO: What Would You Do: Mother leaves 8-year-old son alone at the beach
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  • August 18, 2018

What Would You Do: Mother leaves 8-year-old son alone at the beach

A mother practicing "free-range" parenting leaves her young son alone at the beach for the day. Will passersby think this is good or bad parenting?

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