What works when it comes to making folks think twice about constantly hovering, helping, supervising and scheduling their kids? The…

Samantha Boardman is a psychiatrist, professor, mom, author of Everyday Vitality AND an executive board member at Let Grow. We brought…

A dad whose 6-year-old wanted Nutella for her pancakes on a recent Saturday morning made a deal: I’ll drive you…

Oh ye of icy hearts, beware! This little girl in China is going viral not just because she is so…

This graph, from a suburban elementary school, represents what after-school club kids chose as their first choice. There were…

Chopping, hopping, shopping, sewing, mowing, going, GROWING! Check out the winners of this year’s Third Annual Let Grow Independence Challenge!…

Folks, here are the descriptions of Let Grow’s two, FREE independence-fueling initiatives for schools. IF YOU ARE A TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR,…

Great grandma Joanne Ward of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, read my piece about the fastest, cheapest child therapy — FREE PLAY.…

Gever Tulley saw it before a lot of us: That anything “shaper than a golf ball” was getting labeled too…

In Part 2 of Let Grow’s “Practical Tips for Getting Your Kids Outside” series, one mom divulges the simplest, cheapest…