By Guest Author

Read Time: 4 minutes

Is Your Kid Getting Enough Awe?

Awe. You know it when you feel it. And when you do, you are humbled AND exhilarated. Now child development expert Deborah Farmer Kris has written the book, “Raising Awe...
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My Untracked Life

Natalie BeVier is a Freshman at The University of The South in Tennessee, who plans to study English and plays on the women’s field hockey team. Last week I met...
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Read Time: 2 minutes

I Just Realized I’m a Helicopter Mom

Here’s a little note from Helen, a “helicopter mom” who’s changing. As can you! And if you do, please drop us a line. Hi there! Just read your book Free Range...
By Guest Author

Read Time: 3 minutes

Unstructured and Unstoppable: The Joy of Forest Play Club

Sure, students at Garlough Environmental Magnet School spend time outside—you’d expect that from a school with a mission stating, “GEMS uses the natural world to enrich learning.” But in the...
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Read Time: 4 minutes

Introducing The Balance Project

Bringing life + tech into harmony for kids, families and communities At Let Grow we had a vision to develop a toolkit to empower parents and community leaders. The goal?...
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Read Time: 3 minutes

Beyond Fear: Raising Confident Kids in an Uncertain World

As parents, nothing is more important to us than the safety and happiness of our children. We naturally want to protect them from any harm, and that's a huge part...
By Guest Author

Read Time: 9 minutes

The Trophy That Ruined Everything

Mike Strambler is a psychologist and Associate Professor at the Yale School of Medicine. He writes the Substack “As Is.” When I met him at a party several months ago,...
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Read Time: 3 minutes

Columbia B-School Professor and Wife Learn a Powerful Lesson in Adventure—from Their Kids

Jenn Olayon and Adam Galinsky are leaning into our motto, “When adults step back, kids step up.” Adam is a social psychologist and a professor of leadership and ethics at...
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Read Time: 3 minutes

How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Future Regrets: Winter Edition

Readers: At Let Grow, we are human. Sometimes, we look at the forces arrayed against kids being kids and have to sigh. And then we get a letter like this!...
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Read Time: 5 minutes

I Thought I Had to Be Teaching My Kids All. The. Time.

This “Ah ha!”-filled post comes to us from Abigail Weidmer, a homeschool mom and nonprofit grants consultant in Billings, Montana. Her three kids range in age from 2 to 7:...
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Read Time: 2 minutes

“I WANT TO BUILD A COCKPIT” BOY, 12, TELLS HIS PARENTS

This story comes to us from Ruth Gaskovski, who should be one proud mom! If You Can’t Build a Plane…by Ruth Gaskovski Our family lives in Southern Ontario, Canada, and...
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He Invented Google Docs. But His Beach Game is Pure Genius.

Kids can have a pretty good time with a pile of sand. Pack it down hard and then start carving your track. Send lots of balls down. And, of course,...