Yes, yes, we know that some kids are naturally great at school. No need to really PREVENT them from getting great grades, of course. But no need to really push...
Encourage Teen Independence To Prepare Them For College
"Thirty percent of freshmen won’t return for their sophomore year," reports a piece in The New York Times, "and the wheels can start to fall off as early as Thanksgiving. What...
Signing My Kid Into and Out of School is Like Getting a Visa to North Korea
This comment was in response to yesterday's post about making kids anxious about unlikely dangers. It will resonate with anyone who ever had to sign in to their kid's school as...
Another False Alarm News Story: The Kidnapping That Wasn’t
Ready for a ridiculous kidnapping false alarm news story? The city of Brighton, England, went into a panic when a witness told police of a possible child abduction at the...
Ithaca Declares Itself First Free Range Kids Town in the U.S.
It's happening! Folks fed up with underestimating kids and over-estimating danger are doing something to give kids (and parents!) back their independence. So, Ithaca, NY, home to Cornell University and...
About Those Needles Found in Halloween Candy This Year
The day after Halloween a reader named Brian wrote: Dear Let Grow: Help!! I've attached a link from our local "news" about a parent who brought her kids to trick-or-treat...
On "No More Helicopter Parenting: Let Grow Support Group" a reader wrote: I can't with the Halloween scare tactics. One local urgent care center is offering to x-ray kids' candy...
“Your Kids Could Die in 20 Seconds in the Car Alone”
The book "How Fear Works" is a gripping account of how we have come to think that whatever could POSSIBLY go wrong (no matter how extremely unlikely) has an actual...
Mom Investigated for Letting Her 8-Year-Old Walk the Dog Speaks Out
Corey Widen, mom of two in hometown of Wilmette, Ill (and neighbors with my friend since middle school -- who was NOT the person who called the cops!) writes this...
Why are kids getting anxious -- so anxious that a CDC survey found 32 percent of teens reporting persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness? NPR asked two authors who turned...
It's expensive, exhausting, and it has very little to do with actually playing and having fun. That is why the number of American kids age 6 to 12 participating in...
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