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The Utah “free-range parenting” law, which went into effect this month, states that it doesn’t constitute neglect if parents allow their children to do activities such as walking to school, riding their bikes or playing on a playground without adult supervision, provided that the children are “of sufficient age and maturity to avoid harm or unreasonable risk of harm.” It also says leaving a child 6 years old or older alone in a car temporarily does not constitute neglect. 

Arkansas State Senator Alan Clark authored a similar bill last year but hit a wall in the lower house because of concerns it could endanger children. He is optimistic that Utah’s law will show that that isn’t the case. “It’s always the fear factor…but people are beginning to see we have too much fear,” he said. Support cuts across party lines. New York Assemblyman Phil Steck is pushing similar legislation. “When I was a child, you let your dogs and your children out after breakfast and…they had to be home for dinner. I felt I gained a lot more from just playing on the street than my children did from being in organized sports activities,” he said. Such practices had been the norm for decades, but parental neglect laws were strengthened starting the 1980s amid growing concerns of child abduction and abuse, symbolized by the use of milk cartons to profile missing children. 

The issue recently has led to episodes of parents being charged with criminal neglect for allowing their children to play outdoors on their own. In one highly publicized case, a Maryland couple, Danielle and Leonard Meitiv, were investigated by state child protective services in 2014 for letting their children, ages 10 and 6, walk home from their local park. Utah Senator Lincoln Fillmore said such overzealousness does not benefit anyone. “As a society, we’ve kind of erred as our pendulum has swung for children’s safety a little bit too much to the side of helicopter parenting, right? We want kids to be able to learn how to navigate the world so when they’re adults they’re fully prepared to handle things on their own,” he told a reporter after the law was passed.

【題組】21. What is the passage mainly about?
(A) How and why lawmakers tried to change an existing law.
(B)The philosophy behind different parenting attitudes.
(C) Increasing crime rates and the effect on children.
(D) Why bipartisan cooperation is important.

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吳信憲 高二下 (2019/01/23)
本月生效的猶他州“自由養育子女法”規定，...


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Mi de Chen 高三下 (2019/10/20)
21.這段經文主要是關於什麼的？（A）立法者如何以及為什麼試圖更改現有法律。（B）不同養育態度背後的哲學。（C）犯罪率上升及其對兒童的影響。（D）為什麼兩黨合作很重要。
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我愛阿摩，阿摩愛我 (2020/07/13)

【單字、片語】

1、go into effect 開始生效, 開始實施

    The new regulations go into effect today.

     新條例今天生效。

2、state v.（尤指清楚謹慎地）陳述，說明，聲明

    Please state why you wish to apply for this grant.

    請說明申請這筆補助的原因。

3、constitute v.是；被看作，被視爲

    This latest defeat constitutes a major setback for the Democrats.

    最近的這次失敗是對民主黨的一次重挫。

4、neglect v.疏忽照顧；忽視，疏忽

    He neglects that poor dog - he never takes him for walks or gives him any attention.

    他對那隻可憐的狗漠不關心——從不帶牠散步，也從不關心牠。

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EllenCold 高三下 (2020/10/28)

猶他州的“自由放養育兒”法於本月生效go into effect，它指出，如果父母允許孩子在沒有成人監護的情況下進行諸如上學，騎自行車或在操場上玩耍等活動，這並不構成constitute 疏忽 neglect。 ，前提是這些孩子“具有足夠的年齡和成熟度以避免傷害或不合理的傷害風險。”它還說，暫時將一個6歲或更大的孩子暫時temporarily 留在車裡並不構成疏忽。


阿肯色州參議員艾倫·克拉克（Alan Clark）去年也提出了類似的法案，但由於擔心這可能危及兒童的利益而在下議院碰壁hit a wall。他很樂觀optimistic ，猶他州的法律將證明事實並非如此。他說：“這始終是恐懼因素……但是人們開始看到我們有太多恐懼。”支持跨越cuts across黨派界限。紐約議員菲爾...


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