We're heading into two weeks (or possibly...two months? two years?) of the kids at home. It's called Christmas Break, as if it's a break from learning. But that's just our...
A Christmas Morning Surprise for a Boy from His Distracted Dad
This Christmas morning memory popped up on our Facebook group, "Raising Independent Kids." (Feel free to join!) It comes to us from Rebecca Gomez, a Nebraska mom of three who...
Girl, 9, Saves Family by Using Unconscious Dad’s Face to Unlock His Phone!
That is pretty much the whole story but holy smokes! Jayline Brandao's parents brought a generator inside after a storm left them without power in their Brockton, Mass., home. Soon...
Childhood Freedom in Action: Japan’s “My First Errand” TV Show
Yesterday I was interviewed by a reporter from a Japanese newspaper. She moved to DC in 1999, but grew up in Japan and remembers freedom like you're about to see:...
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Advice for Parents and Teachers
"Your job is less to INSTILL curiosity than to make sure you don't squash what is already there," says Neil deGrasse Tyson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs3ORQllJoA At Let Grow we agree so much...
Boy, 6, Saves Sister from Vicious Dog — and Many More Tales of Very Young Heroes
In a culture that won’t let some 8-year-olds play in their own yards, or get off the school bus and walk home without an adult (this is really common!) it...
Some countries are doing just that. But in America, a kid who fell off a slide was awarded $170,000. Germany is adding MORE RISK to its playgrounds. Some of its...
"Most of all -- HAVE FUN!" Halloween is the day America test-drives all the fears that it may adopt for the other 364 days of the year. Taken from a...
No One Wants to Give Your Trick or Treaters Ecstasy
NO ONE IS GIVING ECSTASY TO TRICK OR TREATERS! Dear Police: Can you please stop telling parents to check their kids’ Halloween candy for drugs? Urging tens of millions of...
What CAN’T Kids Do??? The 2021 LET GROW INDEPENDENCE CHALLENGE WINNERS
Ladies and gentlemen -- these are the kids who MAKE THINGS HAPPEN! Check out this inspiring video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJeuVMKp-ok Let Grow's Second Annual Independence Challenge asked for photos and videos of...
When Yellowstone Reduced its Wolves, Eco-Disaster Ensued. And When America Started Reducing Play Time…
"The analogy is obvious," says Playworks' founder Jill Vialet. Embarrassingly, when I first heard about Playworks a decade ago, I rolled my eyes. An organization that sends recess coaches to...
