Articles By: Let Grow

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Yes, Kids Really Used to Play Like This

Summer beckons and so does independence. While our culture's norms have changed, children have not. They love -- want -- NEED some time with friends, without US. How wonderful that...
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Up a Tree: One Mom’s Story of Letting Grow

Love when we get theses stories! This one comes from Olivia Eaddy, a mom of two. Olivia had just moderated a corporate panel discussion on parenting in the culture of...
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CNN’s Smerconish Asks Let Grow: “How Does Independence Boost Kids’ Mental Health?”

"American kids are growing up in a culture that has told their parents to worry about everything, so parents are always supposed to be with their kids. That's what's new....
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Watch Kids Grow 100 Feet Tall

The Let Grow Project is so simple it's almost laughable. Almost. But its impact is so profound, it changes the lives of most people who try it. Which people? Students....
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SCREEN-FREE WEEK IS COMING! How Can We “Screen-Free” Our Kids When It’s So Hard for US???

Turn that thing down! May 1-7 is SCREEN-FREE WEEK! Let Grow President Lenore Skenazy caught up with Jen Kane, Screen-Free week’s coordinator. Jen spent the first half of her career...
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Welcome to Our Spiffed Up Site Full of Goodies for You!

Readers, we are always glad you are here, but today in particular we are delighted to welcome you to THE NEW LET GROW WEBSITE! What's here? What ISN'T? We've updated...
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IT’S LEGAL FOR KIDS TO PLAY OUTSIDE IN VIRGINIA!

Hallelujah! Children in Virginia can now play outside without their parents getting investigated for neglect. Sunday night, Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed what is colloquially called the “Reasonable Childhood Independence” bill,...
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He Watched His Friend Hauled Off to Jail After Letting His Kid, 7, Walk Around the Block. Then Keith Kaplan Did Something Big

Keith Kaplan served as a Township Councilman in Teaneck, NJ, for four and a half years. Just before his term ended this January, he sponsored a Reasonable Childhood Independence bill...
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High School Students: Win a Scholarship! Enter Let Grow’s “Think for Yourself” Essay Contest

Every year, Let Grow sponsors the Think for Yourself High School Essay Contest -- and awards $8000 in scholarships to high school juniors or seniors to use for college or...
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Discovery Ridge Elementary

BACKGROUND Students at Discovery Ridge Elementary in O’Fallon, Missouri, were tattling and fighting more than they did before COVID and expecting the adults to soothe them. P.E. Teacher Chris Sevier...
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The Let Grow 2023 Resolution: 10 Weeks to a Super-Independent Kid!

Most of us remember playing outside as kids, wandering around -- maybe even getting ourselves some candy. Before dinner! It may seem impossible to give that joy and independence to...
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KQED: “Today’s 18-year-olds are like the 12-year-olds from a decade ago.”

Wonder why kids -- yours, ours, everyone's -- often seem easily flummoxed, discouraged, and young for their age? Or passive? Or just plain anxious? This blockbuster report by Holly Korbey...
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