Articles By: Lenore Skenazy

By Lenore Skenazy

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Free Father’s Day Card, a Fun “Facts about My Dad” Sheet, and DAD JOKES!

Dad's special day will be upon him sooner than male pattern baldness. And that's soon! In our Celebrate Dad Kit, you'll find a printable card and a cute quiz for...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Want Your Kids to Play Outside More? Here’s How!

What happens when you get a bunch of kids together and set them free to have fun? Death! Examining death, that is – a dead rodent. I found this out...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Life360 and the Severed Head Issue

The worry that our kids will die the second they step outside feels innate, but it has been cultivated. Did you catch the new ad for the Life360 tracking app?...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Let Grow’s FREE Mother’s Day Kit Includes Card, Kid-Coupons, And Surprising Fill-in-the-Blanks about Mom

A certain holiday is coming up -- and we've got you covered. (Phew!) Our Mother's Day Kit comes with a lovely card to print out, and all the other items...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Why My Camp Doesn’t Send Parents Daily Pictures

Georgia Del Favero is Executive Director of Camp Birchwood in Laporte,   Minnesota, an overnight camp for girls 6 to 17, bucking the trend of uploading daily photos for parents....
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Brave AND Scared: Saluting The Chick-fil-A Mom and Son

If you haven't seen this video yet (below), you're in for a lovely couple of minutes: Utah mom Stephanie Read read The Anxious Generation, got to the chapters we helped...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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GEORGIA LEGISLATURE PASSES “REASONABLE CHILDHOOD INDEPENDENCE” LAW

Last year Brittany Patterson was arrested there when her son walked to the store Just a few months after Georgia mom Brittany Patterson was arrested for not knowing that her...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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My Kid Fell Out of My Arms and Needed Brain Surgery! Can I Ever Be Normal Again???

Find out! Ten years ago, I got this letter from a mom who’d been through…a lot: Dear Lenore:  I consider myself a fairly laid back mama, and I’m always of...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Where Do Mall Rats Go When They Can’t Go to the Mall?

We talk a lot here about how much kids need some time on their own. And we encourage parents – depending on their neighborhood, the age of their kids, yada...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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A Mom, a Movement, and a Play Club

Nicole Cooper is a dietician who became a police officer. Not a career path you see every day! Now she teaches at a police academy in Northern California and is...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Are Birthrates Down Because Parenting Demands are Up?

Many a truth is to be found in a Reddit rant. Here’s one that really got us thinking by a Redditor named KnightErrant21. He was happy to allow us to...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Don’t Treat Nature as a Snooty Museum

Is there a “right” way for kids to play in nature? A mom dropped us a note to say: At my son’s pre-k, he and another boy were picking leaves...
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