Articles By: Lenore Skenazy

So, if you click on the "10 of the Worst Moms in America" list at Listverse, you'll read about folks like Ma Barker, whose sons "terrorized the Midwest and beyond...

The 5-point child harness – you know, the up/down/across/between-the-legs belt configuration – worries Barbara Chutroo, a licensed social worker-turned-movement therapist. She's not talking about the harnesses in car seats (although...

Click one or click 'em all -- great videos below! Last week, the old and the surprisingly young came to the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee to testify in favor...

The new Netflix series “Old Enough” shows kids ages 5, 4, 3 and even two running errands without an adult. That’s why The Today Show is calling me. “Won’t this...

When life hands you hardship, especially loneliness, there's an action you can take. It's hard, but obvious: Reach out. Even -- maybe especially -- to a stranger. In a classic...

“We certainly don’t want parents getting in trouble because their kids were playing on the playground,” said Colorado Gov. Jared Polis yesterday.  (See video below!) And with that, he signed...

For real. Thursday, Let Grow and the Surgeon General will be connecting. Here's why: At the end of 2021, the General put out a report on Protecting Youth Mental Health....

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 with...

Johann Hari is author of the bestsellers "Chasing the Scream" and "Lost Connections." His YouTube videos have been watched tens of millions of times. And now he has a new...

Our Twitter poll last week asked those born BEFORE 1982 and those born AFTER to tell us what age they were first allowed outside to do things like walk to...

Today's mini-post comes to us from a mom named Margaret, in Annapolis, MD. She notes that her location is relevant, as it’s the home of the Naval Academy. She first heard...

Enjoy this childhood story from Let Grow supporter Robin J. Phillips , who remains pretty proud of her resourceful 13-year-old self (pictured). Robin says confidence is a muscle – it...