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NewsUPDATE! EVEN THE PARENTS SAY THIS WAS NOT AN ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING! Is This Really “Disturbing Footage of an Attempted Kidnapping at Dunkin’ Donuts”?
Update from Philly.com, which was even kind enough to alert us to this! Police on Thursday issued this statement: "On April 5th,2017, the parents of …
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This letter illustrates the kind of "Mothers must be perfect or all bets are off!" belief that makes my blood boil. (Ouch!) Dear Free-Range Kids: …
News“Sex Traffickers at Ikea?” Free-Range Kids Cited by Snopes!
When yet another mom wrote about her kids ALMOST being sex trafficked -- an assessment she made on the basis of noticing some men at …
News“It’s Too Dangerous For Kids to Play Outside!” — How to Fight Back
It is a quirk of our era that we don't seem able to do anything -- fill in a crossword puzzle, drink a glass of …
NewsNot Every Tragedy Contains a Moral
A reminder from a reader that the way we package our "news" ends up affecting the way we see the world, and our job as …

UPDATE! EVEN THE PARENTS SAY THIS WAS NOT AN ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING! Is This Really “Disturbing Footage of an Attempted Kidnapping at Dunkin’ Donuts”?
Update from Philly.com, which was even kind enough to alert us to this! Police on Thursday issued this statement: "On April 5th,2017, the parents of …

Group that Put Missing Kids’ Pictures on Milk Cartons NOW Says, “Don’t Teach Kids Stranger Danger”
On Good Morning America last week, a spokesman for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children -- the people who put the missing kids' pictures …

Breastfeeding Is Not The Only Decent Way to Feed a Child
This letter illustrates the kind of "Mothers must be perfect or all bets are off!" belief that makes my blood boil. (Ouch!) Dear Free-Range Kids: …

“Sex Traffickers at Ikea?” Free-Range Kids Cited by Snopes!
When yet another mom wrote about her kids ALMOST being sex trafficked -- an assessment she made on the basis of noticing some men at …

“It’s Too Dangerous For Kids to Play Outside!” — How to Fight Back
It is a quirk of our era that we don't seem able to do anything -- fill in a crossword puzzle, drink a glass of …

Not Every Tragedy Contains a Moral
A reminder from a reader that the way we package our "news" ends up affecting the way we see the world, and our job as …