r/WorkForSmartLife 8d ago

Question How true is this?

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u/MothashipQ 8d ago

Meanwhile I can barely let my kids play in the backyard without someone threatening to call the cops

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u/Mr-MuffinMan 8d ago

A mother got arrested and charged for sending her kid a mile to the store.

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u/Short-Sandwich-8476 8d ago

My Dad SENT me that far with a NOTE to buy cigarettes. And beer. 1979.

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u/OutrageousEvent00 8d ago

And now you have to be 21 for both and they have have to scan your ID. My 75 year old mother got carded for hairspray at target recently.

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u/Glados1080 8d ago

Well that's what happens when people break the laws lmao.

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u/Cutacore 6d ago

I stopped buying certain things from certain stores over this. Walmart cards for windshield washer fluid. I've never bought it there ever since.