Congressman Blake Moore introduced bipartisan legislation to promote childhood independence and protect parents who allow their children to play outside unsupervised, get off screens, and develop social skills.
Advance the Promoting Childhood Independence and Resilience Act to protect parents who allow reasonable independent play and to clarify that such activities do not count as neglect.
Occurrences
Evidence
The bill text shows Rep. Moore introduced the Promoting Childhood Independence and Resilience Act of 2026 and that it was referred to committee. The text would amend child welfare and child abuse prevention law to address reasonable childhood independence activities.
Assessments
Rep. Blake D. Moore materially advanced the promise by introducing the Promoting Childhood Independence and Resilience Act of 2026 on May 8, 2026. The official bill text shows his authorship and committee referral, but there is no evidence here of committee approval, floor passage, or enactment that would deliver the policy outcome of protecting parents and clarifying that reasonable independent play is not neglect. Because Moore is still in office and the 119th Congress is ongoing, this is best scored as unresolved rather than never. He should receive effort credit for making a serious legislative attempt.