Oct. 17 and 18 I’ll be speaking at the amazing Battle of Ideas in London. The weekend’s wide-ranging topics include…
Browsing: Miscellaneous
. Our culture SAYS we want to raise independent, problem-solving, self-reliant young people. We even have groups like the Scouts…
. Usually I don”t have the patience to watch an 8-minute video, but this one fascinated me: . . The…
An 8 year old cannot stay home alone, even for two hours after school, British Columbia’s Supreme Court just ruled.…
A bunch of you sent me this CNN piece about the hidden dangers (every TV producer’s favorite kind!) of hand…
. From a parent whose kids go to public school in an affluent area in Alabama: Dear Free-Range Kids: Today…
Safety hysteria is everywhere, but nowhere more obvious than in “must read” warnings to parents, like the ones discussed below.…
This fantastic editorial says what we have been saying: Enough with the post-incarceration demonizing of all those convicted of sex…
. Here’s one of the occasional letters I get from divorced parents who see their child’s safety differently: Dear Free-Range…
. A note asked me to take a look at this story, about a boy, 10, who walked out of…