If you’re wondering why our country seems so bizarrely fearful, here’s the answer: We absolutely cannot understand that risk is…
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My husband has been loving “The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir,” by William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist, The French Connection…
Worst-first thinking is sometimes hard to distinguish from “sensible precautions.” I guess it makes sense to make sure that kids…
. From Camp Insurance-in-the-Woods comes this tale: . Dear Free-Range Kids: I’m not sure if you’ve written anything recently on…
This week, Ikea made a sweeping recall of its 29,000,000 dressers sold in America and Canada: After the deaths of…
Here’s how worst-first thinking and insurance issues (the two are linked, of course) corrode community, example #763: Dear Free-Range Kids:…
Paula Fass’ new book The End of American Childhood is a history of childhood and parenting from the nation’s…
Okay, quick facts, since we are all familiar with scenarios like this already. According to reporter Glen Luke Flannagan in…
Below are some tips sent to me because, as a mommy blogger, I am assumed to be constantly looking for…
File it under “Fear of frying.” A school in Jersey (one of the Channel Islands between England and France) has…