Back in the 1980s, I became a latchkey kid in the fourth grade at nine years old and no one seemed to care or think it was odd. Today in Illinois that would be considered technically illegal. So how old do you have to be to stay home alone in Missouri and Illinois...
The recurrence of teen parenting is something that's become a reality all over the world, and it's happened here in Sedalia, too. These young people can often feel scared, alone, intimidated, and lost when faced with the reality of being a young parent. The Amigos De Cristo and VISTA are working to help these young people through the process.
We've seen parents use unique methods to punish kids in the past -- through Facebook and by making them carry signs on busy streets, for example. But a Utah woman punished her stepdaughter in the most creative way yet by forcing her to wear ill-fitting thrift store clothing for being a bully.