By Vanessa Elias

Read Time: 3 minutes

This Halloween, Don’t Steal the Magic

It was October 2018, and the phrase “Let Grow!'' had permeated much of the K-5 parent community as our schools had embraced the Let Grow Experience. Saying “Let Grow!” while...
By Vanessa Elias

Read Time: 5 minutes

How to Get Kids Out and About in Your Town

How to create a Let Grow Community I live in one of the few towns in America determined to give kids a normal, old-fashioned, go-outside-and-play childhood. It’s not that we...
By Vanessa Elias

Read Time: 5 minutes

Are You Raising Kids in Captivity, then Expecting Them to Survive in the Wild?

Wild animals in captivity quickly habituate to human care. Living a sheltered life, they don't learn critical survival skills. They show signs of psychological distress that will sound very familiar...