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Let Grow will soon be launching our Summer of Independence promoting unsupervised outdoor play, bike rides, lemonade stands, and kids doing things on their own. What does every movement need?...

What do kids like better -- playing online or playing outside? The answer was unanimous.

Picture this: It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood – Queens, New York. I’m walking by one of the local elementary schools and slow down to watch the kids doing...

This month is focused on the same problem that parents, teachers and psychologists have been focusing on for about two years now: Mental health -- especially kids'. The boy above...

So, if you click on the "10 of the Worst Moms in America" list at Listverse, you'll read about folks like Ma Barker, whose sons "terrorized the Midwest and beyond...

Perspective. Trevor Noah's got it. Trevor comes from another country. (His autobiography of growing up in South Africa -- wow, it's so great.) Between that and being a comedian, he's...

The secret to getting your kids outside is introducing them to the neighbors and giving them errands.

The 5-point child harness – you know, the up/down/across/between-the-legs belt configuration – worries Barbara Chutroo, a licensed social worker-turned-movement therapist. She's not talking about the harnesses in car seats (although...

Click one or click 'em all -- great videos below! Last week, the old and the surprisingly young came to the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee to testify in favor...

Let Grow President Lenore Skenazy was on The Today Show this morning to discuss the new Netflix hit, "Old Enough." On the show, imported from Japan, kids as young as...

The new Netflix series “Old Enough” shows kids ages 5, 4, 3 and even two running errands without an adult. That’s why The Today Show is calling me. “Won’t this...

When life hands you hardship, especially loneliness, there's an action you can take. It's hard, but obvious: Reach out. Even -- maybe especially -- to a stranger. In a classic...