with their parents. they made us sign a safety plan that says that we will not leave them unattended at all. and i m not going to risk my kids being snatched again like this. reporter: they made headlines in march for letting their 10 and 6-year-old walk a mile home from a park without adult supervision and were found responsible by child protective services for unsubstantiated child neglect. never would have occurred to me that i could get caught up in something like this. danielle and alexander say they know their style of parenting which gives their children more space and more responsibility is old fashioned but they never thought it would come under investigation. but child protective services says maryland state law states children under the age of 8 must be under the care of a person who is at least 13. when the facebook post, the mom says that the police coerced our children into the back of the car, telling them they would drive them home and then they trapped the kid
here now abc s bazi kanani. the parents who made headlines for letting their 10 and 6-year-old walk home a mile from a park without adult supervision are found responsibility by child protective services for unsubstantiated child neglect. it is shocking hurtful and traumatic. would have never occurred to me that i could get caught up in something like this. reporter: danielle and alexander meitiv say they knew their style of parenting, known as free-range parenting, giving children more space and responsibility was old fashioned, but they never thought it would come under investigation. it s just the way most of the adults watching right now were raised. you know parents say go play outside and come back before dinner. it is not a radical idea. reporter: child protective services says maryland state law states that children under the age of 8 must be under the care of a person who s at least 13. the case now closed but the meitivs are fighting back
from a park without adult supervision are found responsibility by child protective services for unsubstantiated child neglect. it is shocking, hurtful and traumatic. would have never occurred to me that i could get caught up in something like this. reporter: danielle and alexander meitiv say they knew their style of parenting, known as free-range parenting, giving children more space and responsibility was old fashioned, but they never thought it would come under investigation. it s just the way most of the adults watching right now were raised. you know, parents say go play outside and come back before dinner. it is not a radical idea. reporter: child protective services says maryland state law states that children under the age of 8 must be under the care of a person who s at least 13. the case now closed but the meitivs are fighting back, hiring lawyers to file an appeal. the black mark is on our records here. reporter: the maryland department of human resources