Most of us would agree that “Just do it” has served Nike pretty well. But this fall the company added a new slogan: “Why do it?” And the question is…why’d...
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,...
You can’t find a better explanation of the rise of helicopter parenting and how, when, and why that morphed into “intensive parenting” than this New York Times podcast from about...
Is there a path to success kids can take? Yes -- if they put on their sneakers. The more kids walk around, the more upward mobility they enjoy as adults....
Mom Jailed for Letting Son Walk Outside: John Stossel’s Video and 3 More Facts
A mother was ARRESTED for letting her 8-year-old son walk half a mile home. Prosecutors said she put her kid “in imminent danger of death.” Really? So begins this viral...
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...
