Dear Readers — Sometimes, one person standing up for sanity can make a difference. Here’s a cool lady: Before retirement,…

Hi Folks — This just in from a town outside of Georgia. (That’s the American Georgia, for all our international…

 Hi Readers! Here’s a little note I got that I thought you might like, too. Dear Free-Range Kids: As the…

Hi Readers — Here’s a round-up of Providence, Rhode Island-area  schools that are making their parent volunteers get background checks,…

Hi Readers — Tomorrow morn will bring a posting of gravitas and import. Or at least, something relevant to Free-Range…

I sure did. Ridiculous recalls: http://bit.ly/lBmfc

So you think you know how to swing, kid? Sure, sure — everyone thinks they do:  “You get on, you…

Hi Readers — Above is the question a Walmart employee in Arizona asked himself when some  parents brought in a…

Hi Readers! Here’s a little piece from MSNBC some of you sent in (thank you!), about kids and slides. Turns…

Hi Readers!  I usually don’t like to comment on the comments — “Everyone’s entitled to his own opinion,” etc. etc.…