It's a thing:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2018/09/05/mom...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/14/parent...
https://www.cnn.com/2015/04/13/living/feat-maryland-free-ran...
https://nypost.com/2015/04/13/cops-coerced-our-kids-into-squ...
Apparently this is somehow seen as neglect, a type of child abuse, by others.