21.   They are leaving kids with family or friends, driving battered cars or bartering for rides with neighbors.

22.   They worry that a jury trial would delay decisions, leaving kids in limbo in foster care, and make public some very private family matters.

23.   They families were so dysfunctional the parents would go away for the weekend and leave the kids behind without any food.

24.   Two parents leaving two kids in day care centers separated from each other by a downtown intersection -- just enough space to make a difference between life and death.

25.   Urban kids were left out.

26.   With parents working during the day, kids are typically left at home to rely on self-discipline to eat healthy foods.

27.   Within weeks, parents and teachers went public with complaints that the school was unorganized, lacked academic materials and left some kids improperly supervised.

28.   Danish mom arrested in New York for leaving kid.

29.   Flight from Freetown leaves kids in immigration limbo.

30.   I had to leave little kids on the second floor.