Article Category: News

By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 3 minutes

It’s Out There, Kids — Go Find It

The drive to play is in all kids. So is another drive, less often discussed: The drive to explore. Without that drive, kids would be stuck simply waiting for someone...
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By Let Grow

Read Time: 20 minutes

Readers’ Advice to Mom Who (Temporarily) Lost Kid at Airport

Recently we ran the letter a mom named Katy wrote to Let Grow about how her child, 6, wandered off at Newark Airport after Katy had asked her to stay...
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By Let Grow

Read Time: 2 minutes

Third Weekly Summer of Independence Challenge: Picnic Time!

Do your kids know that even cold liver tastes great if you eat it outside? Well, it doesn't. But most other things do. That's why for this week's sweet, simple...
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By Let Grow

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Second Weekly Let Grow Summer Challenge: Fort Day!

Not FortNITE, folks. Fort DAY. For this second week of Let Grow's Summer of Independence, we want to see what your kids can create that answers to the description of...
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By Let Grow

Read Time: 4 minutes

Help! I Lost My 6-Year-Old at the Airport for 15 Minutes and Now We Are Both Terrified

Hello Let Grow -- My name is Katy, and I stumbled upon your website yesterday, while searching for stats on how often kids lost at airports get abducted. The thing...
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By Let Grow

Read Time: 2 minutes

The Summer of Independence Begins!

Fun! Sun! Freeeeeeeeeedom! We all want kids to enjoy the Norman Rockwell stuff they might not get much chance to do the rest of the year: making forts, shooting hoops,...
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By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 3 minutes

Should I Worry About My Kids Wasting Time Over the Summer?

With the lazy, hazy days of you-know-what upon us officially starting today, should you worry about your kids goofing off? Being idle? Spending tons of time making sculptures out of...
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By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 5 minutes

When Is It Safe to Start Sending Kids On Errands? PART 2

Kids need experience and instruction and then they can start running errands.
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By Let Grow

Read Time: 4 minutes

How Safe Is It to Let Kids Run Errands Alone? PART 1:

When is your child old enough to start running errands? We've got some thoughts.
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By Let Grow

Read Time: 2 minutes

Teachers: Press the Re-Set Button Now! You Can Prime Students for a Much Better School Year Ahead

To state the obvious: This school year was not easy. If BEFORE the pandemic kids were passive, anxious and depressed, this year they were whatever the word is for passive,...
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By Let Grow

Read Time: 1 minute

Why Didn’t I Trust My 10-Year-Old to Ride Her Bike?

Amy is a suburban mom who didn't think twice about how much she was watching and worrying about her daughter...until the girl flounced in with a strange homework assignment: "Go...
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By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 9 minutes

Mom Convicted of Letting Daughter Play Outside Celebrates Colorado’s New “Let Grow” Law by…

In 2017, Colorado small businesswoman Monica Jones let her 4-year-old play in the tiny park across the street from her house. Below is the letter she wrote to us in...
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