The Sorrow and the Fear: Athena Strand’s Murder, and Us
Sorrow and anger rage in our hearts. A child has been murdered. Athena Strand, 7, was abducted and murdered last week in her Texas town of Paradise. (The irony hurts,...
Thoughts on the Mom Handcuffed for Having Son, 8, Walk Half a Mile Home
Perhaps you have already heard about Heather Wallace, a Texas mom of three, arrested for having her son walk home half a mile after he was bothering his younger brothers...
A Girl in China Cries About Homework and It Resonates Around the World
This little girl in China is going viral, thanks to her desperation for some time off from homework: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEyVqA-DVwg Poignant! Powerful! Over here, we appreciate this video...and hope it was...
What are kids today desperate for? The graph says it all: It's from an elementary school in a middle class neighborhood that offers all sorts of afterschool activities -- music,...
The 5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do, According to Gever Tulley
Educator, entrepreneur and gadfly Gever Tulley saw it before a lot of us: How anything “sharper than a golf ball” was getting labeled too dangerous for kids. And that kids...
“More Therapists” Is Not the Only Solution to the Youth Mental Health Crisis!
If we agree there's a youth mental health crisis, can we also agree that "More therapists!" is not the only solution? I worry our leaders automatically gravitate to middle-age solutions...
Tell Us How You Let Your Kid Do Something on Their Own — and Win $100!
Our Let Grow Independence Challenge ends on Wednesday. As with most things in life, you gotta be in it to win it! Win $100 just by telling us HOW YOU...
The Scary Mommy site is always on top of the parenting trends and its latest find is “Sittervising.” The not-exactly-groundbreaking idea is for a parent to SIT while their kid...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIkHCNDd7wk&t=13s Not sure anyone can watch this video of "loose parts" free play at a school in Portland, Oregon, and not smile. Look how the kids are SO ALIVE, so...
Laundry Advice from a College President: Start Sooner
A college president and college professor find themselves all too familiar with the granular back-and-forthing on Facebook forums for parents of students at their institutions. And in an article in...
Sleeping bags and tents outside? Pillows and blankets inside? Either way, there is something thrilling and fulfilling about a sleepover. It's like a playdate on steroids! (Though...perhaps that shouldn't be...
