How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Future Regrets: Winter Edition
Readers: At Let Grow, we are human. Sometimes, we look at the forces arrayed against kids being kids and have to sigh. And then we get a letter like this!...
Surprise! Free Play is Safer than Sports or Hanging out at Home
This post is reprinted (and gently edited) from a surprising article on LinkedIn that showed that free play is safer than sports -- the adult-organized kind -- or even hanging...
New Study Finds Intensive Parenting is Best…Or Does It?
Is it intensive parenting to text your young adult kids a few times a week and offer some advice on things like finances? The New York Times says yes. I...
Want to make your teen into a capable young adult? Who doesn't! The key may lie in remembering that teens have always BEEN capable young adults, ready to pitch in....
This absorbing, longer-than-usual, and perhaps envy-inducing essay was originally published on Terms of Endearment, a newsletter by Sarah Menkedick about motherhood, travel, art, home education, Mexico, and living a more...
Wow -- there are 101 responses and counting to this question on our Raising Independent Kids Facebook group. A mom named Michelle asks: Question about leaving kids alone at a...
KIDS NEED MORE “RISKY PLAY” SAYS CANADIAN PEDIATRICS SOCIETY!
Kids need to climb trees, jump off things, and ride their bikes fast. Says who? Says the Canadian Paediatric Society, that's who. They may spell "pediatric" wrong, but they get...
My Son Goes to the Grocery Alone and Bakes a Lot. He’s 11 and On The Spectrum.
We love independence stories! This one comes from Adriane Thompson in Surprise, Arizona. ("Where do you live?" "Surprise, Arizona." "I'm not that surprised.") Adriane works for a company that helps...
You might not know her name, but her influence is clear in today's dance scene, especially in popular shows like Dancing with the Stars. Isadora Duncan is known as the...
Charles Brewer’s Quest to Save Play — By Banning Cars
Kids running around and playing outside till the streetlights came on. That was Charles Brewer’s childhood -- and dream. To make it happen in modern day America, the entrepreneur developed...
What’s the Actual Risk of Your Child Being Kidnapped?
Kidnapping remains one of the top 3 fears of American parents despite its (thank God!) rarity. One way to fight that outsized fear is to watch the video below. Then,...
How to Fight the Anxiety that Makes You Want to Hover
Did you know that January is Mental Wellness Awareness Month! Woo hoo! How can you celebrate? Get mentally well! That can be a challenge, especially in an era that can...
