How a 14-Year-Old Genius Developed Genius Social Skills
Just had to share this story of Mike Wimmer, a prodigy from North Carolina who just graduated college at age 14. He also runs two tech companies and is trying...
From Childhood Tinkering to the Household Appliance You Probably Adore
Meet Rod Brooks, a guy whose life story embodies the big idea: What we do as kids, just for fun, is developmental GOLD. It can help us discover our deepest...
Summer beckons and so does independence. While our culture's norms have changed, children have not. They love -- want -- NEED some time with friends, without US. How wonderful that...
As I explain in Free-Range Kids, we are so very worried about the extremely rare (thank God!) crime of child abduction because of our primed-for-panic brains. And the media. And...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
