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Re:11-Year-Old Boy Played in His Yard. CPS Took Him, Felony ... by jpatokal on Friday June 12, 2015 @12:25AM (#9704056)
Per the details in the original post, she is employed by a school, and has been suspended and told to not to talk to media until this is over:

http://www.freerangekids.com/boy-11-plays-basketball-in-own-...

And given the steady stream of well-documented, actual and equally ridiculous cases like this on Free Range Kids, I doubt this is a prank.

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Re:11-Year-Old Boy Played in His Yard. CPS Took Him, Felony ... by jbigelow76 on Friday June 12, 2015 @12:35AM (#9704082)
I don't think it's impossible that this story is true, nor do I think it's a prank, but I wonder if the original author were pressed for identifying details if they would claim it was an amalgamation of different cases crafted into one "cautionary tale".
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Re:11-Year-Old Boy Played in His Yard. CPS Took Him, Felony ... by tsotha on Friday June 12, 2015 @12:28AM (#9704068)
They want to make an example out of her.
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