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How about this exchange:
Police Officer: Hey kids, you lost?
kids: Nope.
PO: Where you going?
K: Home.
PO: You know the way?
K: Yep.
PO: Does your folks know where you are?
K: Yep.
PO: OK now, be careful.
K: Thanks Mr. policeman.
or
The police put the kids in the back seat of a cruiser for 3 hours and keep them away from their parents for 6 hours all without food.
Hmmm, which is better?
This was a ten year old, for all we know they told the officer that they were lost and they didn't know where they lived. There's no harm done here, it doesn't have to turn into a huge political issue. There was a case recently where they attempted to prosecute a mother for letting her kid walk to the park, and that's certainly going too far. But no charges have been filed in this case, the intention has been to protect the children as far as I see it.