Criminy

Kid walks to soccer, neighbors call the cops - Boing Boing:

"the story of Lori from a small town in Mississippi, who sent her 10-year-old on foot to soccer practice, only to have him picked up by the cops, who reported 'hundreds' of 911 calls by curtain-twitchers who were horrified at the thought of a 10-year-old walking a third of a mile to a local school. The cops told her she could be charged with child endangerment!"

Personally, I am cool with letting kids be kids, so long as people don't try to turn them into pet food.