Carrie Ann Parkinson was sentenced to a suspended six-month jail term and seven years on a child abuse registry for allowing her five-year-old son to walk half a mile alone in a gated community. Despite Virginia passing a "free-range parenting" law in 2023 under Governor Glenn Youngkin, police prosecuted her for "contributing to the delinquency of a minor." The hosts criticize "neighbor narcs" and the overreach of Child Protective Services in criminalizing parental discretion.