A 6-year-old rode off on his bike and stayed out for two hours, without his parents knowing where he was. That would have had me, yep, me, very worried. But...
To Fight Anxiety, A School Unbuttons Recess and Boosts Independence
About a month ago, I visited the Strelitz Academy in Virginia Beach. Wow! Everyone in the elementary school is doing The Let Grow Experience, so there were paper trees in...
THE 10 WORST LET GROW STORIES OF 2024 – AND 4 REASONS FOR GREAT HOPE!
It’s not the end of the year without an end-of-the-year reckoning, is it? Here is our list of the 10 worst Let Grow stories of 2024, and reasons for hope....
I live in New York City. It’s green enough for me. But when I saw the work of Sharon Danks, CEO/founder of Green Schoolyards America, it became obvious that most...
What can change your life for the better? Hope and a plan of action. That’s what you get in the book Everyday Vitality. It’s by Let Grow board member –...
Christmas Break Activities for Bored Kids & Harried Parents
Christmas break – winter break, Christmas vacation – whatever you call the upcoming school holiday, it’s great…until it isn’t. Even in 1951, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”...
Groundbreaking Yale Study Discovers Cure for “Helicopter Parenting”
When adults step back, kids step up. That’s the Let Grow motto. The only problem is: It’s hard to get adults to do that. Helicopter parenting has become pretty much...
I Thought I Had to Be Teaching My Kids All. The. Time.
This “Ah ha!”-filled post comes to us from Abigail Weidmer, a homeschool mom and nonprofit grants consultant in Billings, Montana. Her three kids range in age from 2 to 7:...
The case of Brittany Patterson has already become part of pop culture: A Georgia mom was arrested and handcuffed in front of her kids for the "crime" of not knowing...
Maybe you’ve heard us talking about the anxiety-busting, confidence-growing properties of The Let Grow Experience, but you’re wondering: What exactly is it? How does it work? Like this: Schools give...
Brittany Patterson had to take one of her four children to a medical appointment, and her youngest son, 10-year-old Soren, was going to come with them. This was a few...
We Couldn’t Find Our Kid for 15 Minutes – Now I’m Terrified!
I had a similar experience last week and have been pondering a similar question since then…The thought I keep coming back to is that maybe it's not inherently bad that...
How to Fight the Obsessive Fear of Unlikely Dangers
Inside Out 2 gave kids a way to picture anxiety. For parents, all you need is this classic Modern Love column, “A Marriage Stressed by Obsessions and Compulsions.” In it,...
