4 Things Our Parents Would Be Arrested For Today – What Age Is It Okay To Be Home Alone?

Big Jim and I were discussing modern laws that would have caused our parents to be arrested today!

Leaving you home alone. A lot of states have laws now that say you can't leave a child unsupervised if they're under 12. In some states it's younger than that, and in Illinois it's 14.

Smoking while you were in the car. A bunch of states are still in the process of making it illegal to smoke cigarettes with kids in the car. But six states have already done it: Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Maine, Oregon, and Utah.

Letting you ride in the car without a seatbelt. All 50 states now have laws that require car seats or seat belts for kids.

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