Article Category: News

By Lenore Skenazy

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Girl, 9, Bitten by Shark Goes Back into the Water at Same Florida Beach!

You don't get more Let Grow than Maggie Crum, bitten by a shark in knee-deep water on her first vacation to New Smyrna Beach, FL, which The Today Show (but...
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By Let Grow

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The Imperative of Movement by Barbara Chutroo

Barbara Chutroo, LCSW, MSDMT [email protected] June 2019 The focus of parenting advice and instruction has shifted over the years.  At present, developmental specialists direct their attention to the important benefits...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Mom Charged with Falsely Accusing Man of Trying to Kidnap Her 5-Year-Old at Old Navy

We can't know what was going through this mom's mind, but Santana Adams of Milton, West Virginia, has been charged with falsely accusing a man of trying to kidnap her...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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A Video for Lawmakers About the Free-Range Parenting Bill

Several states are considering so-called Free-Range Parenting laws that would make sure that giving kids some independence—by choice or necessity—is not mistaken for abuse. Lawmakers in Texas, South Carolina, Connecticut,...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Sesame Street DID Remake the “Stick of Butter” Video!

Thanks to a commenter noting on yesterday's post that Sesame Street has indeed re-made its classic "Loaf of bread, container of milk, stick of butter" story, we dug it up....
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Government Pamphlet Says Children Under 12 Should Not Cross the Street

A reader named Trish sent us this leaflet from Ireland. It begins: Research shows that children under 12 should not cross roads on their own. They cannot decide how far...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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9-Year-Old Testifies on Behalf of South Carolina’s Free-Range Parenting Bill

Elizabeth Broadbent and her son Blaise helped us fight for the civil rights of kids! And major props to Sen. Vincent Sheheen (and South Carolina) for recognizing how important it...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Jonathan Haidt Lets His 9-Year-Old Daughter Walk to School Alone for the First Time

Prof. Jonathan Haidt, co-author of "The Coddling of the American Mind" and one of the three people who joined me in founding Let Grow, posted that lovely Tweet last Wednesday....
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Four Realistic Lessons from the Jayme Closs Kidnapping

In October 2018, 13-year-old Jayme Closs of Barron County, WI, was kidnapped from her home after 21-year-old Jake Patterson allegedly broke in and shot her parents. After 88 days, she...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Keeping Kids Too Busy to Blossom

Great piece in the Westport Moms blog looking at just how busy we're making our kids (as well as those of us getting them to and from their  activities): Our Children’s...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Mom Lets Her Kids Walk to the Bakery Down the Block. Child Protective Services Tells Her, “Never Again Till They Are 12.”

Katharina Nuss, a mom of three in Winnipeg, Canada, had a recent run-in with the authorities which radicalized her -- if it's radical to work toward a day when parents...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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“For 25 Years I was a Pro-Homework Teacher”

What a cheerful piece from Tim Bedley, a 5th grade teacher at the Earl Warren Elementary School in Lake Elsinore, California. He and his brother Scott are the founders of...
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