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The Carve-Out Nobody Applied
Karyann Parkinson faced legal repercussions after allowing her five-year-old son to walk alone in their gated community, despite Virginia's 2023 "Reasonable Childhood Independence" law designed to protect such independence. The case highlights the law's…