See the story below this one, about a dad whose kids were seized because he let them stay home alone…
Browsing: Infantilizing young folk
Recently we were talking about the trend on campus to require “trigger warnings” — warnings on material assigned for class…
A note I got: Dear Free-Range Kids: I need help and an answer to what I should do. I’m 14…
Mariana Brussoni is an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia in public health and pediatrics, and lead author…
. A tiraateink dismaying letter followed by an infuriating news item. Aren’t you glad you got up today? Dear Free-Range…
Boy Scouts can’t shoot squirt guns at each other. Here’s the rulebook (see page 99). And here’s the article for…
From Tamara Treber, a high school English teacher, comes this story she calls her “Reality Check.” Dear Free-Range Kids: My…
What happens when a generation grows up being told that they need constant supervision because nothing is safe enough? That…
On my show (3 episodes air tonight starting at 5:30/4:30 Central Time on Discovery Life), I give the children of…
You’re only young once, but our culture seems determined to make sure that childhood lasts into middle age, if not…