In a person high-profile situation, Debra Harrell was arrested in 2014 in South Carolina for permitting her 9-year-aged daughter to participate in in a close by park when she finished her shift at McDonald's. Gray, Peter. "The Decline of Play and the Rise of Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents." American Journal of Play. Is it "apparent" that young children less than ten must under no circumstances be left by itself? Brooks, Kim.