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By Let Grow

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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...
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By Let Grow

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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,...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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To Fight Depression, Kids Need to Run Around, UNSUPERVISED

At last, it's not just us saying this! A study just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that "Physical activity can help alleviate depressive symptoms in...
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Kids &Traffic (& Sheep)

Let Grow mom Jeanie Mezger just got back from a church trip to Tanzania. It's always good to remember there's a big world out there, including lots of countries where...
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By Let Grow

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He Watched His Friend Hauled Off to Jail After Letting His Kid, 7, Walk Around the Block. Then Keith Kaplan Did Something Big

Keith Kaplan served as a Township Councilman in Teaneck, NJ, for four and a half years. Just before his term ended this January, he sponsored a Reasonable Childhood Independence bill...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Making It Legal to Play Outside: “Reasonable Childhood Independence” Bills Update

Let Grow's goal is to make it easy, normal and legal to give kids some old-fashioned independence. When it comes to that "legal" part, we help states pass Reasonable Childhood...
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By Let Grow

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High School Students: Win a Scholarship! Enter Let Grow’s “Think for Yourself” Essay Contest

Every year, Let Grow sponsors the Think for Yourself High School Essay Contest -- and awards $8000 in scholarships to high school juniors or seniors to use for college or...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Erika Christakis: In Defense of Sleepovers

Erika Christakis, early childhood expert and author of The Importance of Being Little, NAILS IT in her Atlantic essay on sleepovers. Noting that sleepovers have gone from age-old activity to yet another thing...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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What Do Parents in The Happiest Country in the World Do that We Don’t?

Just loved this snappy piece on the CNBC website, "I'm a psychology expert in Finland, the No. 1 happiest country in the world -- here are 3 things we never...
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50 Kid Things to Do That Somehow Do NOT Require a Screen!

Today's wonderful and kinda wacky essay is by Terry Heick, who wrote it for the TeachThoughtPD blog. TeachThought PD helps educators and schools better prepare students for the modern world through inquiry-focused...
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A Mother’s Influence

A letter of love that speaks for itself: Dear Let Grow, When my mom passed away last month, my brother, sister, and I spent a lot of time thinking of...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Talking to Strangers

What a fantastic study: Research just published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology found that when people are prompted to talk to a stranger, surprising things happen: They start...
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