Surprise! Free Play is Safer than Sports or Hanging out at Home
This post is reprinted (and gently edited) from a surprising article on LinkedIn that showed that free play is safer than sports -- the adult-organized kind -- or even hanging...
New Study Finds Intensive Parenting is Best…Or Does It?
Is it intensive parenting to text your young adult kids a few times a week and offer some advice on things like finances? The New York Times says yes. I...
Want to make your teen into a capable young adult? Who doesn't! The key may lie in remembering that teens have always BEEN capable young adults, ready to pitch in....
This absorbing, longer-than-usual, and perhaps envy-inducing essay was originally published on Terms of Endearment, a newsletter by Sarah Menkedick about motherhood, travel, art, home education, Mexico, and living a more...
Wow -- there are 101 responses and counting to this question on our Raising Independent Kids Facebook group. A mom named Michelle asks: Question about leaving kids alone at a...
Darkness at Noon: Schools Will Close for Solar Eclipse
Even as the Canadian Paediatric Society just declared we have to stop overprotecting kids, take a look (but not directly!) at what's happening in Toronto. This is one of several...
KIDS NEED MORE “RISKY PLAY” SAYS CANADIAN PEDIATRICS SOCIETY!
Kids need to climb trees, jump off things, and ride their bikes fast. Says who? Says the Canadian Paediatric Society, that's who. They may spell "pediatric" wrong, but they get...
My Son Goes to the Grocery Alone and Bakes a Lot. He’s 11 and On The Spectrum.
We love independence stories! This one comes from Adriane Thompson in Surprise, Arizona. ("Where do you live?" "Surprise, Arizona." "I'm not that surprised.") Adriane works for a company that helps...
You might not know her name, but her influence is clear in today's dance scene, especially in popular shows like Dancing with the Stars. Isadora Duncan is known as the...
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