Let’s hope that 2021 is the year several states pass Reasonable Childhood Independence / Free-Range Parenting bills, as Utah did…
Year: 2020
Podcasts, laws, eyeballs — Let Grow, the nonprofit that grew out of Free-Range Kids, had an amazing year on so…
A friend who was noodling around the AccuWeather site today found a blog post, “Why Have Midwestern Towns Banned a…
This op-ed of mine originally appeared in the NY Daily News on Dec. 19: “I’m thinking of letting my 8-year-old…
Friends, a story I have been mulling and researching for a long time just appeared in Reason. It begins: “What…
Over at Let Grow we’ve got 30 — count ’em! — ideas for holiday gifts kids can make. In truth,…
Austin Educator Mike Yates had a mom who would accept nothing lower than an A when he was in school.…
Great advice in today’s essay at Let Grow on whether you should push your kids should to share your passions:…
Jessie Thompson’s kids, ages 9, 10 and 11, would like to walk home together, but Spann Elementary School in Summerville,…
Why is there a Free-Range Kids movement? Why does Let Grow, the nonprofit promoting childhood independence, even exist? Here’s why:…