> South Carolina mom Debra Harrell worked at McDonald's. > She couldn't afford day care for Regina, her 9-year-old daughter, so she took her to work.
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> In jail, they berated her. > "You can't leave a child who is 9 years old in the park by herself!" said one officer. "What if some sex offender came by?"
In 1964, I was a "latchkey kid" at age 6 in Hyde Park, a suburb of Cinncinati Ohio. I never got lost.