Police picked him up at 10 for walking home alone. At 21, he says free-range parenting gave him freedom.

In 2015, Danielle Meitiv (left) let her son Rafi (right) walk home alone with his sister, Dvora. The kids were stopped by the police, and the family was investigated by CPS. Caroline Gutman for BI Bundled in heavy coats, hats, scarves, and mittens, Rafi Meitiv and his little sister Dvora had just spent a sunny Saturday afternoon in December 2014 playing at a local playground in suburban Maryland.