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The Power of Nutella

The Let Grow Independence Challenge Essay Contest asked parents to share a story of a time they let go -- even reluctantly -- because they knew their kids were ready for...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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A Girl in China Cries About Homework and It Resonates Around the World

This little girl in China is going viral, thanks to her desperation for some time off from homework: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEyVqA-DVwg Poignant! Powerful! Over here, we appreciate this video...and hope it was...
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A Fish Story (from an Amazed Mom)

Miriam Bradford is one of the two runner-up winners of the Let Grow Independence Challenge Essay Contest for Parents. We asked folks to tell us how they got up the guts...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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What Kids Are Desperate For — And Not Getting

What are kids today desperate for? The graph says it all: It's from an elementary school in a middle class neighborhood that offers all sorts of afterschool activities -- music,...
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My Twins Didn’t Know Their Own Neighborhood

Ashley Scroggins is one of the two runner-up winners of the Let Grow Independence Challenge Essay Contest for Parents. We asked folks to tell us how they got up the...
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By Let Grow

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Want More Recess? Cut and Paste This Letter!

Great grandma Joanne Ward of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, read Let Grow President Lenore Skenazy's column about the fastest, cheapest child therapy — FREE PLAY. Then she emailed us this worksheet filled...
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Mac & Cheese & Special Needs

Crystal Kupper is the Grand Prize winner in the first annual Let Grow Independence Challenge Parent Essay Contest. We asked parents to send us short essays about how they got...
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The Let Grow Independence Challenge 2022 WINNERS

Take a look at this video and see if you -- and your kids -- aren't totally inspired to LET GO and LET GROW! https://youtu.be/PJeuVMKp-ok For our third annual Let...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Organize The Legos and Hang with Cool Parents: Part 4 of Practical Tips for Getting Your Kids Outside

Hi Readers! I just visited a school with a Let Grow Play Club today and it was SO DARN GREAT to see kids JUST HAVING FUN. They were drawing with...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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The 5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do, According to Gever Tulley

Educator, entrepreneur and gadfly Gever Tulley saw it before a lot of us: How anything “sharper than a golf ball” was getting labeled too dangerous for kids. And that kids...
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By Let Grow

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Open the Door and Wave Goodbye! Practical Tips to Get Your Kids Outside, Part 3

As promised, folks, here is Part 3 (out of 4) of Let Grow's series on how to make kids want to GO OUTSIDE and STAY OUTSIDE! We were inspired by...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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“More Therapists” Is Not the Only Solution to the Youth Mental Health Crisis!

If we agree there's a youth mental health crisis, can we also agree that "More therapists!" is not the only solution? I worry our leaders automatically gravitate to middle-age solutions...
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