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By Guest Author

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“I WANT TO BUILD A COCKPIT” BOY, 12, TELLS HIS PARENTS

This story comes to us from Ruth Gaskovski, who should be one proud mom! If You Can’t Build a Plane…by Ruth Gaskovski Our family lives in Southern Ontario, Canada, and...
By Lenore Skenazy

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The 3 Halloween Myths that Refuse to Die

A few years back, a parent on our Raising Independent Kids FB Group, wrote: I can't with the Halloween scare tactics. One local urgent care center is offering to x-ray...
By Lenore Skenazy

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At Birch Wathen Lenox, The Kids are Waving Goodbye to their Comfort Zones

Take your pick: Covid. Phones. The culture of fear. The crazy world we live in. No matter what is to blame, something has been sapping kids of their can-do spirit....
By Lenore Skenazy

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The Problem With Tracking Kids at College

A front-page article in The Wall Street Journal described the difficulty – even agony – some parents are feeling when their kids go off to college and are harder to...
By Let Grow

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Kristen Bell & Dax Shepard Let Their Kids “Free-Range” for 7 Hours!

Kristen Bell and hubby Dax Shepard went to Copenhagen and let their kids "Free-Range" -- yep, that's the term Kristen uses -- for seven hours! Kristen tells Jimmy Kimmel that...
By Lenore Skenazy

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A Headmaster Asks Parents (and Self) to Do Less

“What if the ways in which we are parenting are making life harder on our kids and harder on us? What if by doing less, parents would foster better outcomes for...
By Let Grow

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Ignore Your Kids says New York Times

The New York Times printed some surprising advice this weekend: “Parents Should Ignore Their Children More Often.” At Let Grow, we agree! In a culture that demands we spend ever...
By Let Grow

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HOW CAN I HELP MY ANXIOUS CHILD?

We’re experiencing an uptick in parents asking us, "How can I help my anxious child?" That’s not surprising, considering the stats: According to one study, nearly a third of adolescents...
By Guest Author

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He Invented Google Docs. But His Beach Game is Pure Genius.

Kids can have a pretty good time with a pile of sand. Pack it down hard and then start carving your track. Send lots of balls down. And, of course,...
By Guest Author

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Child Psychologist,  “Kids Need More Free Play.”

What child psychologist and researcher Tovah Klein saw in her visits to special Chinese schools where kids are given a vast amount of time and space for free play blew...
By Lenore Skenazy

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Surgeon General Finds Parents Overwhelmed. We Have a Solution.

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has issued an advisory announcing something most of us suspected: Parenting is hard. To ease the pain – parents are woefully lonely, and about half report...
By Let Grow

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Why I Let My 8-Year-Old Do the Shopping Alone

Russ Perry lets his daughter do something that, according to this University of Michigan/CS Mott poll, most parents of 8-year-olds wouldn’t dream of. When not defying cultural norms, Russ is...