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By Let Grow

Read Time: 3 minutes

Up a Tree: One Mom’s Story of Letting Grow

Love when we get theses stories! This one comes from Olivia Eaddy, a mom of two. Olivia had just moderated a corporate panel discussion on parenting in the culture of...
By Let Grow

Read Time: 2 minutes

CNN’s Smerconish Asks Let Grow: “How Does Independence Boost Kids’ Mental Health?”

"American kids are growing up in a culture that has told their parents to worry about everything, so parents are always supposed to be with their kids. That's what's new....
By Lenore Skenazy

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Peter Gray on NPR Today: Constant Adult Supervision is Destroying Kids’ Mental Health

This morning, the very popular New York City radio host Brian Lehrer interviewed Let Grow Co-founder Peter Gray on WNYC, New York's NPR station. You can listen here. Lehrer is...
By Lenore Skenazy

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It’s Not Too Late to Change Your Kids’ Screen Time Habits

“How many of you have closed your email and then immediately reopened it because you might have just gotten an email?” Laughter rippled through the audience members — including me...
By Let Grow

Read Time: 2 minutes

Watch Kids Grow 100 Feet Tall

The Let Grow Project is so simple it's almost laughable. Almost. But its impact is so profound, it changes the lives of most people who try it. Which people? Students....
By Let Grow

Read Time: 5 minutes

SCREEN-FREE WEEK IS COMING! How Can We “Screen-Free” Our Kids When It’s So Hard for US???

Turn that thing down! May 1-7 is SCREEN-FREE WEEK! Let Grow President Lenore Skenazy caught up with Jen Kane, Screen-Free week’s coordinator. Jen spent the first half of her career...
By Lenore Skenazy

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Should 2-Year-Olds Have Lockdown Drills?

A mom just wrote to us about her son's first experience with a lockdown. Now that we have a COMMENTS SECTION down below, we'd love you to...comment! A lockdown at...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 5 minutes

A Pre-Schooler Pulled Down Another Kid’s Pants. Now The Adults in Charge are On Trial

Two Colorado child care workers will go on trial this June for presiding over a day care center where a 5-year-old pulled down a 3-year-old’s pants. Twice. Amy Lovato and...
By Let Grow

Read Time: 2 minutes

Welcome to Our Spiffed Up Site Full of Goodies for You!

Readers, we are always glad you are here, but today in particular we are delighted to welcome you to THE NEW LET GROW WEBSITE! What's here? What ISN'T? We've updated...
By Let Grow

Read Time: 3 minutes

IT’S LEGAL FOR KIDS TO PLAY OUTSIDE IN VIRGINIA!

Hallelujah! Children in Virginia can now play outside without their parents getting investigated for neglect. Sunday night, Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed what is colloquially called the “Reasonable Childhood Independence” bill,...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 4 minutes

She Let Her 9-Year-Old Walk Across Central Park without An Adult

A nervous mom finally gave her son the freedom he wanted -- that she'd pretty much wanted for him, too. But it took a little push from me -- And...
By LetGrowGuest

Read Time: 4 minutes

Librarian Tells Mom She Broke The Law By Letting Son Browse 6 Minutes in Children’s Room

Let Grow is working to pass a Reasonable Childhood Independence bill in Connecticut. We asked citizens there to write letters in support of it. Your jaw will drop as you...