Articles By: Lenore Skenazy

By Lenore Skenazy

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When Phones Came to My Camp

Readers -- We are working to create a list of camps (day camps and overnight) that do not allow phones. If you know of any, please write the camp name/city/state...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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“But Couldn’t Kids Get Hurt?” The Media’s Favorite Gotcha!

It is always hard to deal with the media's cheapest trick: hypothesizing. You see it every September when a child is dropped off at the wrong bus stop somewhere in...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Siblings Survive 40 Days in Jungle. Here It’s “Don’t Let Kids Cross Street till Age 10”

Emergency workers recently rescued four siblings between the ages of 1 and 13 who had survived in the jungles of Colombia for 40 days after their plane crashed. Much of the public...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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How a 14-Year-Old Genius Developed Genius Social Skills

Just had to share this story of Mike Wimmer, a prodigy from North Carolina who just graduated college at age 14. He also runs two tech companies and is trying...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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From Childhood Tinkering to the Household Appliance You Probably Adore

Meet Rod Brooks, a guy whose life story embodies the big idea: What we do as kids, just for fun, is developmental GOLD. It can help us discover our deepest...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Why Do We Worry So Much About Child Abduction?

As I explain in Free-Range Kids, we are so very worried about the extremely rare (thank God!) crime of child abduction because of our primed-for-panic brains. And the media. And...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Peter Gray on NPR Today: Constant Adult Supervision is Destroying Kids’ Mental Health

This morning, the very popular New York City radio host Brian Lehrer interviewed Let Grow Co-founder Peter Gray on WNYC, New York's NPR station. You can listen here. Lehrer is...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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It’s Not Too Late to Change Your Kids’ Screen Time Habits

“How many of you have closed your email and then immediately reopened it because you might have just gotten an email?” Laughter rippled through the audience members — including me...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Should 2-Year-Olds Have Lockdown Drills?

A mom just wrote to us about her son's first experience with a lockdown. Now that we have a COMMENTS SECTION down below, we'd love you to...comment! A lockdown at...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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A Pre-Schooler Pulled Down Another Kid’s Pants. Now The Adults in Charge are On Trial

Two Colorado child care workers will go on trial this June for presiding over a day care center where a 5-year-old pulled down a 3-year-old’s pants. Twice. Amy Lovato and...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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She Let Her 9-Year-Old Walk Across Central Park without An Adult

A nervous mom finally gave her son the freedom he wanted -- that she'd pretty much wanted for him, too. But it took a little push from me -- And...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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The Easiest Rx for Kids’ Mental Health? More Independence: Journal of Pediatrics

An article about to be published in the the Journal of Pediatrics is titled, “Decline inIndependent Activity as a Cause of Decline in Children’s Mental Wellbeing: Summary ofthe Evidence." If...
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