You Don’t Have to Play with Your Kids: Q&A with Anthropologist David Lancy
You don’t have to play with your kids if you don’t feel like it. That could be David Lancy’s most calming – and most controversial -- advice. Lancy is a...
The Surprising Educational Benefits of Dungeons and Dragons
In Texas, a group of kids who scored significantly higher than the rest of their district peers on a statewide test had magical powers to thank. These kids spent their...
How Does it Feel to Raise Kids in Utah with its Free-Range Parenting Law?
What does it feel like to be a parent in Utah, the first (and so far only) state to pass the Free-Range Parenting law that says taking your eyes off...
Girl, 9, Bitten by Shark Goes Back into the Water at Same Florida Beach!
You don't get more Let Grow than Maggie Crum, bitten by a shark in knee-deep water on her first vacation to New Smyrna Beach, FL, which The Today Show (but...
Embrace Imperfection With a Wabi-Sabi Parenting Style
Alan Levinovitz is a professor of religion and science at James Madison University and the married dad of a 6-year-old who cuts her own tomatoes. I spoke to Alan about...
An Anthropologist Discusses the Benefits of Unstructured Play
This fantastic TEDx Talk by evolutionary anthropologist Dorsa Amir is music to our ears at Let Grow. Amir studied a modern foraging society in the Ecuadorean Amazon and made some...
To Vanquish Child Anxiety, Psychologist Treats Parents
An NPR piece on child anxiety discussed a new twist on therapy: Instead of treating the anxious child, a psychologist coached the parents to be able to withstand the pain...
Mom Charged with Falsely Accusing Man of Trying to Kidnap Her 5-Year-Old at Old Navy
We can't know what was going through this mom's mind, but Santana Adams of Milton, West Virginia, has been charged with falsely accusing a man of trying to kidnap her...
A Video for Lawmakers About the Free-Range Parenting Bill
Several states are considering so-called Free-Range Parenting laws that would make sure that giving kids some independence—by choice or necessity—is not mistaken for abuse. Lawmakers in Texas, South Carolina, Connecticut,...
Sesame Street DID Remake the “Stick of Butter” Video!
Thanks to a commenter noting on yesterday's post that Sesame Street has indeed re-made its classic "Loaf of bread, container of milk, stick of butter" story, we dug it up....
The Bread-Milk-Butter Sesame Street Video Still Gets It Right
If you're old enough, you'll remember this classic Bread-Milk-Butter Sesame Street video. It's been responsible for an awful lot of earworms over the years, so be prepared. How old is...
Am I a Bad Parent If Don’t Like Playing With My Kids?
When our kids were toddlers my husband vowed he was going to write a book, "How to Play with Your Kids Without Getting off the Couch." It would be filled...
