WTF is wrong with parents??!!

Ok, so the wife, two daughters, and myself are driving, going to the grocery store today, and we are driving down a busy street here in town, and we see a kid, about 3-4 run across the street cars slamming on their brakes, no adult in sight, and he is heading to a park. I throw the car in park, and jump out, and run across after him, and grab him, and take him into the park. I asked him where his parents were at he said he didn't know, he was looking for his sister. I called the police, and while I was waiting for the police to show up, I was talking to him some more, and found out that his dad was at work, and the sister was watching him, but decided to go to the park, and leave him at home, so he went out looking for her. He knew that he lived in "Stockton" and he only knew the last 4 digits of his phone number, and his mom lived in "Tracy" His name was Robert, and he didn't know how old he was.

Anyway, the police finally show up, and she took down all of my info, and took him off to look for his sister. So we leave, but we pull around so that we can see if she is indeed in the park, and she was. But this is what I don't understand. The officer released him to her!! WTF?! Seriously? The kid was almost killed, and you just release him back into the custody of a teenager? AHHHHH!!!! It just PISSES me off.

This Country has gone to Hell in a Hand Basket! Lack of Family Groups, Lack of Responsibility, Lack of Respect,Lack of Morals.
people having Kids that they cannot afford and way to early in Life.

i remember all the crazy stuff i use to get into back when i was a kid. its crazy!! i have 3 of them buggers myself. its hard for me to even let out of my sight. its scary. i cant imagine what these new parents have going on in thier minds. probably what they are going to buy with that min wage check. new kicks. fubu shirts. that Dung Pile buggs the hell out of me.

I know exactly what you mean. I was outside checking my mail at around 9:30pm and saw a little boy in a diaper ONLY running down the street. Now I have lived here for over 15 years and didn't recognize the little boy. I took the boy by the hand and brought him in my house and asked my girls who he was. They said it was Tommy and he lived 2 streets over. Brittany, the little boy and I walked over to his house and knocked on the door. The father answered the door and said "We have been looking for him!" grabbed the boy by the arm and pulled him into the house and shut the door. Not saying Thank you nothing.

Now if they had been looking for him, why were they in the house? Come to find out the little boy was 2 years old.

Yeah GREAT PARENTS! Looking back I should of called the police but then again see what happened in your case, probably same here too. This happened about 6 years ago.

No comment. All just pisses me off to no end.