Danielle Meitiv and Steven Wright

By Steven Wright (United States)

By now, many of you have heard the story about the Meitiv family in Silver Spring, MD and their “free-range” parenting style who have been investigated by CPS for child neglect simply because they have allowed their kids to walk to and from their local park on their own.

Danielle and Sasha Meitiv are dear friends of mine and Rafi and Dvora are among the kids that call me Uncle Steve.

My crazy busy Wednesday luckily had me over in the Silver Spring area and I was able to squeeze in lunch with Danielle. We had a great time talking about what is happening over some majorly yummy Ethiopian food! The support that has been coming in from all over the globe has been incredibly amazing and from some of the most unlikely sources!

In January, when the media storm…