The Great Middle School Microwave War (and Why the Adults Didn't End It)
At The Village School in Arlington, VA, it was war. The 80-student school had one microwave and about 15 middle schoolers who wanted to use it at lunchtime. This provoked,...
Natalie BeVier is a Freshman at The University of The South in Tennessee, who plans to study English and plays on the women’s field hockey team. Last week I met...
The worry that our kids will die the second they step outside feels innate, but it has been cultivated. Did you catch the new ad for the Life360 tracking app?...
THREE MORE STATE LEGISLATURES PASS OUR “REASONABLE CHILDHOOD INDEPENDENCE” BILL!
It’s spring – a great time for kids to play outside, walk to the store, or climb a tree. And three states—Florida, Georgia, and Missouri – have just passed legislation...
Here’s a little note from Helen, a “helicopter mom” who’s changing. As can you! And if you do, please drop us a line. Hi there! Just read your book Free Range...
Let Grow’s FREE Mother’s Day Kit Includes Card, Kid-Coupons, And Surprising Fill-in-the-Blanks about Mom
A certain holiday is coming up -- and we've got you covered. (Phew!) Our Mother's Day Kit comes with a lovely card to print out, and all the other items...
Georgia Del Favero is Executive Director of Camp Birchwood in Laporte, Minnesota, an overnight camp for girls 6 to 17, bucking the trend of uploading daily photos for parents....
Unstructured and Unstoppable: The Joy of Forest Play Club
Sure, students at Garlough Environmental Magnet School spend time outside—you’d expect that from a school with a mission stating, “GEMS uses the natural world to enrich learning.” But in the...
Brave AND Scared: Saluting The Chick-fil-A Mom and Son
If you haven't seen this video yet (below), you're in for a lovely couple of minutes: Utah mom Stephanie Read read The Anxious Generation, got to the chapters we helped...
Bringing life + tech into harmony for kids, families and communities At Let Grow we had a vision to develop a toolkit to empower parents and community leaders. The goal?...
Beyond Fear: Raising Confident Kids in an Uncertain World
As parents, nothing is more important to us than the safety and happiness of our children. We naturally want to protect them from any harm, and that's a huge part...
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE PASSES “REASONABLE CHILDHOOD INDEPENDENCE” LAW
Last year Brittany Patterson was arrested there when her son walked to the store Just a few months after Georgia mom Brittany Patterson was arrested for not knowing that her...
Mike Strambler is a psychologist and Associate Professor at the Yale School of Medicine. He writes the Substack “As Is.” When I met him at a party several months ago,...
