If to a hammer, everything looks like a nail, to a pediatric surgeon, everything looks like a fall hazard. That’s…
Browsing: Parks, Playing and Playgrounds
What’s particularly wonderful about this outdoor field trip is how it gives kids who aren’t “good” or successful in the…
. Here’s a chunk of my piece that just ran on Politico. After explaining that I’m the mom who let…
Mariana Brussoni is an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia in public health and pediatrics, and lead author…
About a week ago, you may recall, a Maine mom was charged with child endangerment for letting her 7 year…
It’s so strange to me that society doesn’t connect the dots. Especially dots as obvious as these: Dear Free-Range Kids:…
This was a notice sent out by an Iowa school district. As the resident who sent it to me wrote,…
. A tiraateink dismaying letter followed by an infuriating news item. Aren’t you glad you got up today? Dear Free-Range…
The signs at every playground in my city, New York, say this: Playground rules prohibit adults except in the company…
From Wyoming’s trib.com news comes possibly the dumbest school shooting drill I’ve heard of: Aubrey Truman was swinging on the…