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Abcs david wright enters this new kind of fight for freedom. Reporter ralphie and devora were walking home from the park in Silver Spring maryland when they were suddenly confronted by a stranger. Not a gang member or a bully or god forbid, a child molester. No, the stranger danger this time was the police. Right here. Two police cars pull up over here. Reporter the Montgomery County police gave the kids ages 6 and 10 a stern warning. Embarrassed. Reporter the cops reported the parents to child protective services, who threatened to take the kids away. Okay then youll have to take my children. I rlsed then they wont release my children. Reporter under maryland law leaving anyone under 18 unsupervised constitutes child neglect. Maryland parents are accused of child neglect after allowing their two kids to walk home alone from a park a mile away. Reporter suddenly this middleclass suburban family found themselves smack in the middle of a National Debate about parenting. Every parent has a comfort level. You do what you think is best for your child and your situation. Reporter all of this was news to ralphie and devora. Who are out on the streets all the time running, playing, crossing the street. Its very busy. Reporter but their Parents Trust them giving them the freedom to make mistakes. Away from the parental safety nets. Its an approach known these days as freerange parenting. To them it isnt a fad. Im parenting the way i was parented, the way almost every adult i know was parented. Reporter in the era of helicopter parenting, plenty of people wouldnt dream of letting their kids go out of their sight alone. Worried about kidnappers perverts, violent crime, all the stuff you hear about on the news. Is this a oneoff . Or have you heard other stories . Nancy grace hears all the stories about kidnappings. I hear all the people who have been arrested for letting their kids play outside, walk to school, spent a day in the park. Reporter Lenore Skenazy is a champion of freerange parenting. We arent allowed to play in the backyard alone. Reporter the star of a new reality show on discovery life. The concept is that i go to families that are extremely nervous and overprotective and i find out all the things the kids are not allowed to do. I lock the parents in their house and i send the kids out to do things on their own. You bring helicopter parents down to earth . I make helicopter parents see what their kids can really do. Reporter the title of the show an insult shes been called many times. So now youre officially the worlds worse mom. Ive been bumped up. For a while i was americas worst. Reporter when we met her in 2009 shed been dubbed americas worst mom for letting her 9yearold son take the new york city subway all by himself. We thought, gee. You know, he knows the subway. He knows how to use the card that gets you on. We sat him down we made sure he knew how to read a map. You brought him to the south bronx. Right, we gave him a revolver and he got home fine. Reporter now izzy is grown up. Well, hes in high school. Hes an impressive kid. You think thats okay . Im alive. After i got home i was ecstatic. I felt like i was on top of the world. So, very brave that i could really do anything. Reporter it worked out so well for it yzzy i decided to enlest my daughters in a controlled experiment, going to the playground. Would you go over with deanna . By myself . Reporter 6yearold philomena wasnt so sure. 8yearold deanna did some convincing. Okay, fine, ill do it. What . She said shell do it. Reporter going to the playground in the park right across from our house. How do you cross the road safely . My heart is already racing. Okay, come on. Its a little nerveracking. Be careful we know already reporter and theyre off. See you later last one there is a rotten egg reporter i cant resist taking a quick peek. Youre not supposed to be here. Im not really here. Go play, be careful. I know byebye reporter the 6yearold actually sent me a text from the playground. Dear david its me philomena, i will have lots of fun, i love you. In the end, they didnt miss me at all. It was fun. What do you think, philomena . Love it are you still scared . No. I want to stay at the park for as much minutes as we want. Reporter when i tell lenore about it, shes proud of me. I was nervous. You were nervous. Thats totally normal. Youre always going to be nervous before you let your kid do something for the first time. I have girls. Should i be any more worried . In this day and age its the safest times in human history. We are living in the golden era of safety. Nothing is ever going to be perfectly safe because thats because nothing is. Reporter back in maryland the metieves are still under investigation. The Maryland Child Protective Services declined to comment citing confidentiality laws. Even some supporters of freerange parenting say there should be some limits. A 10yearold should never be in charge of a 6yearold. Because of what could happen and the dangers of having the 10yearold in a situation that they cant handle. Reporter they say they are the best ones to judge if their kids are ready, and if their neighborhood is safe not the government. Frankly i think raising independent children and responsible children and giving them the freedom that i enjoyed is a risk worth taking. It should be your decision . Exactly, in the end its our decision as parents. Reporter freerange partying is a hit with kids. The potential for our development. I love it. The other kids are really fun. Everybody who sees us should go and do it. Because we know that the world is not dangerous. Reporter the thing is they dont know what they dont know. And its the most natural impulse in all of us to want to protect them. Im david wright for nightline in new york. 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Our story is not about weddings its about Debutante Balls where young girls play princess for a day while wealthy parents foot the very high bill. Sarah haines takes us insightde. A parade of princesses. This looks like something youd see in disney world. Reporter they are the daughters of some of the most influential families in the world and theyre here at the waldorf astoria making their high society debut. This is the International Accident ewe Debutante Ball. The entrance fee 17,000. And of course you have to look the part. The designer of my dress, oscar de la renta. Reporter going to the balkan cost as much as ball can cost as much as a wedding. It used to be about finding suit fors and eventually husbands for society girls. With so many dating apps and social websites the role of the Debutante Ball has changed. Its no longer a marriage market the way it was. Reporter today its more about being seen rubbing shoulders with the 1 . We followed three young women during their big night. Sophia from austin. Leah from new york. And britney from kansas city. The preparations began months beforehand. Its a few weeks before the big event and many of the ladies still dont have a date for the ball. So theyve come here to the bachelors brunch in hopes of finding an escort. Can i have your attention for one minute. We have a nice receiving line. The bachelors receiving line. Reporter an event organized to pair up high society gals with young men from military academies and ivy league schools. Its the other way around in life. The guys pick the girls, hey, come to dinner that kind of thing. Here, its none of that. Reporter the atmosphere is a little awkward. And a little flirtatious. I graduated years ago. Reporter for girls like britney it takes a lot of nerve. So i just show and up say, i would like you to be my escort. Will you be my escort . Reporter shes an accomplished ballet dancer but this is the most nerveracking moment of her teenage life. Actually coming over to see if you will be my escort. Id love to. Cool. Really . Yeah, ill take you. Reporter everyone quickly pairs up. With dates out of the way, now its all about what to wear. This is cute. Reporter 16yearold leah, the daughter of worldrenowned broadway producers chooses to wear famed designer cassini. One of the first debutantes you think about is jackie o. And she wore a casino dress. Its not a cheap dress. Its not a cheap kid. Oh, shes ready. This was her opportunity to wear the great big cinderella dress with all the layers and walk a staircase and take a bow and accept her place in society. Thats all the ingredients that she was looking for. Reporter leah feels like a princess. But says many of her friends dont understand. Ive been laughed at a lot for it. Its a very exciting thing, very classy thing. And its new york which is awesome. Reporter to many, a ball introducing young women to a room full of wealthy strangers can seem a little antiquated. Playing the total definitelys advocate, someone who does not get this at all said to you, this is dumb. Whats the point . Could you tell someone that says that why this is still relevant . This is a really good way to learn how to make connections with people that ive never met before. Reporter sophias mother ada thinks this event builds confidence. When youre put in the spotlight and you have to perform, and youre so young, in front of thousands of people, you learn something from it. So first you bring your hands up with your foot maybe i should do this with you. Reporter tonight sophie yas most nervous about her bow. Your arms reporter the texas girls do a dip. Slowly kneel down. Why does mine not look as graceful . Oh, no this does not feel natural at all. Good, maybe im doing it right. Reporter its time to head over to the ball. First up, the reception line. After hours of formalities and introductions and a lavish dinner their moment finally arrives. When im there im thinking take it slow. Dont run. Also, dont step on my dress. My minds flying a million miles an hour. It was kind of like oh this is it. Dont screw it up. Dont trip. Watch out for the dress. That was the biggest concern. Dont fall on your face. Dont Jennifer Lawrence up the steps. Reporter and just like that its all over. Everyone was cheering when you walked out . Yeah i was pretty relieved when it was all over. Reporter the young women may not have found their prince charmings tonight, but they certainly found friendships. The bachelors brunch where we could go and pick our escorts, i met caroline. Caroline from florida. And we bonded. Weve got this friendship going. Shes my best best friend. Its bbffs. Reporter for nightline, im sarah haines in new york city. Next this former pro athlete played in the nfl. 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The new volkswagen jetta. Isnt it time for german engineering . Finally tonight, a former nfl star now being sued for fraud over a big workmans compensation payout. After he made an awfully athletic appearance on survivor. Nbcs chief investigative correspondent brian ross looks into the curious case of the injured athlete on the island. Survivors ready reporter millions of people watched as former football star brad culpepper, in the red trunks with white stripe led his team on the cbs program survivor. Culpeppers have dominated in this challenge reporter with the same grit he displayed on nfl game day. But it all came less than two years after his lawyers filed a Workers Compensation claim, saying he had a disability rating of 89 and could not perform Recreational Activities without difficulty. Going on survivor brian . Thats a lot to deal with. And the insurer is upset about it. Reporter now culpepper is being accused of fraud and deceit in a civil lawsuit brought by the Insurance Company over his 175,000 in Workers Compensation payout. I think that hes a person theyd like to make an example of. Reporter but culpepper, number 77 a former ferocious defensive lineman, is not someone so easily pushed around. Culpepper showed us xrays and a fat file of meteorologistdical reports he says document his many injuries and impairments. This is bone on bone and it is grinding. Im in pain im in pain every day, but this is not a sympathy story. Im not looking for sympathy from anybody. Reporter nor should he. Culpepper lives in a multimillion dollar waterfront mansion in tampa. And culpepper knows all about lawsuits and insurance companies. As one of the citys bestknown personal injury lawyers. Now as a defendant in his own lawsuit, culpepper will have to explain this video to a jury given his 89 disability rating. On the tape of that show, youre very, very active. I absolutely was. Thats a lot for somebody whos described as 89 disabled. Okay, i dont know the value of 89 . I dont know what that means. I didnt come up with that value. Reporter on survivor, culpepper repeatedly dives into the water of the philippines island. But the lawsuit says culpepper reported quite a bit of difficulty getting into or out of the bath and performing heavy activities around his home. If you have a hard time getting in and out of a bath how are you able to dive into the water like that . You keep asking me this. I was on pain medication and i had back procedure right before that. Reporter culpepper is also seen hefting big crates. According to the lawsuit he can lift and carry heavy objects only if they are conveniently positioned. How many times are you going to because im on pain medication. If you can do this are you truly disabled at all . Yes. 100 i am, yes. Still able to do this . Reporter and then a clearly frustrated culpepper decided it was time for the tv interview version of a blitz, tearing off his coat and tie and shirt and stripping down to his undershirt. This is a normal bicep. Okay . How does that one look . Okay . Is that normal . Thats not, okay . That causes me pain. Okay . Theres people that miss an entire season because of a torn bicep. Reporter the ultimate proof, he says, that he is not a fraud. I worked way too hard in my life to have this as a headline. Culpepper fakes his injuries. Can you fake that . Reporter culpepper says he has no regrets about appearing on survivor which he said he did so his wife monica who appeared on the show once before, could have a second shot at winning. I 100 wish i never asked him to be on the show. For all that hes going through right now and being this Insurance Companys target is not worth it. Reporter once again, number 77 is back on defense. For nightline, brian ross, abc news, tampa. Thank you for watching abc news. Tune into Good Morning America tomorrow. As always were online at abcnews. Com. Good night, america. [dramatic music] yeah hey hey, hey, hey [cheers and applause] welcome to millionaire, where every day this week weve got the biggest names from daytime talk shows playing for big bucks. And best of all, its all for charity. Its daytime talk show week. [cheers and applause] todays celebrity contestant doesnt just play a doctor on tv. Hes one in real life too. Hes hoping to keep his game alive and win a million for the Charity First descents. From the hit daytime talk show the doctors, please welcome dr. Travis stork [cheers and applause] hey, terry. Thanks so much for having me. Oh. I appreciate it. Listen. So good. Good to see you, doctor. Thank you so much for having me. You look sharp, my friend. I am trying. Im holding on, doctor. I pulled a ham last week but you might be able to help me. That dancing, i can understand why. Youve got some good moves. Tell me about your charity that you are playing for today. So, first descents a lot of people dont know about it. It is for Young Adult Cancer patients and survivors. A lot of people dont realize thisthey think of cancer and they think of either kids or older adults, and young adults get caught in the middle, and so what first descents does