Parents investigated for neglect after letting children walk home alone

By Donna St. George
Updated January 16 2015 - 9:18pm, first published 8:28pm
The Meitiv children outside the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.  Photo: Supplied
The Meitiv children outside the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Photo: Supplied
The Meitiv children outside the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.  Photo: Supplied
The Meitiv children outside the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Photo: Supplied
The Meitiv children outside the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.  Photo: Supplied
The Meitiv children outside the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Photo: Supplied
The Meitiv children outside the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.  Photo: Supplied
The Meitiv children outside the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Photo: Supplied

It was a one-and-a-half kilometre walk home from a suburban park on a Saturday afternoon. But what the US parents saw as a moment of independence for their 10-year-old son and six-year-old daughter, they say authorities viewed much differently.

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