Articles By: Lenore Skenazy

The drive to play is in all kids. So is another drive, less often discussed: The drive to explore. Without that drive, kids would be stuck simply waiting for someone...

With the lazy, hazy days of you-know-what upon us officially starting today, should you worry about your kids goofing off? Being idle? Spending tons of time making sculptures out of...

Kids need experience and instruction and then they can start running errands.

In 2017, Colorado small businesswoman Monica Jones let her 4-year-old play in the tiny park across the street from her house. Below is the letter she wrote to us in...

What do kids like better -- playing online or playing outside? The answer was unanimous.

Picture this: It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood – Queens, New York. I’m walking by one of the local elementary schools and slow down to watch the kids doing...

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...