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By Let Grow

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Doonesbury and Us!

Doonesbury sums up a whole lot of our themes in the Sunday funny pages! In case it's too small to read, here's what it says: It's dinner time and Alex...
By Let Grow

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What Today’s Legos Tell Us About Childhood

This Instagram reel sums up what many people have shared with us over the years: As go Legos, so goes childhood. Lego evolved from its bucket-of-bricks days -- "You decide...
By Let Grow

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A Gizmo Ate My Child’s Budding Resilience!

Today's post is reprinted from Frank James' Wild Nature Adventure blog. "Ranger James" started and runs the Lure of the Wild Nature Camps in Catonsville, Maryland.  Smart Devices are Hurting Smart...
By Let Grow

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Why Did The Turkey Download this Page? To Get his Free Thanksgiving Jokes and More!

We have several Thanksgiving activity pages in our Give Thanks Kit. You'll find a jokes pages, a fill-in-the-blank sheet about the day, and thankful cards.
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 4 minutes

If You Curtail Your Kid’s Screen Time, What Can Fill the Void?

Today's post comes to us from Katherine Johnson Martinko, author of Childhood Unplugged: Practical Advice to Get Kids Off Screens and Find Balance (New Society Publishers, 2023). A Solution for...
By Let Grow

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What Happens When A Kid Falls Asleep on a Stranger?

Just a little reminder that the idea of "stranger-danger" is twisting our view of humanity. This video was sent to Let Grow by Rosalie Witt, an early childhood instructor, consultant,...
By Let Grow

Read Time: 4 minutes

Children Don’t Need Constant Supervision at the Park

The piece below originally appeared in the Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, two leafy suburbs of Chicago. It was written in response to an earlier column by...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 3 minutes

Resist the Pressure to Micromanage Halloween

What a phenomenal piece in today's New York Times by Jessica Grose, the former parenting editor there. She is begging parents to "Stop Micromanaging Halloween," a trend we've seen ever...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 4 minutes

BIG STUDY: Parents WANT to Promote their Kids’ Independence…but Don’t

Most parents believe it’s important for kids to develop independence in their elementary school years by doing things “away from direct adult supervision,” according to a new survey by the...
By Lenore Skenazy

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Over the Decades, As Kids’ Independence Declined, Their Anxiety Increased

This article in the Journal of Pediatrics -- Decline inIndependent Activity as a Cause of Decline in Children’s Mental Wellbeing: Summary ofthe Evidence -- has been getting a tsunami of...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 4 minutes

Stop Trailing Your Trick or Treaters by Car!

Today's timely Trick or Treating post comes to us from Dixie Dillon Lane, an American historian and mother of four enthusiastic trick-or-treaters. She is an associate editor for Hearth & Field. You...
By Lenore Skenazy

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JOY: Abducted Girl is Found Safe! What This Means for Parents

Joy, amazement, gratitude – fantastic emotions are surging through a whole lot of us today, for Charlotte Sena, the 9-year-old abducted while riding her bike in upstate New York, has...