"Be careful!" We say it all the time. Does it actually make kids careful? Doubtful. Does it make them scared? Maybe. Does it distract them so they are less careful?...
“My Kid Is Fine Outside Alone,” Dad Tells Disapproving Stranger
A dad posted the story below on Facebook the other day, tagging us. Thus we came to e-meet Johnny Roccia, a training & development professional who lives in New Jersey...
“We certainly don’t want parents getting in trouble because their kids were playing on the playground,” said Colorado Gov. Jared Polis yesterday. (See video below!) And with that, he signed...
911 Call: “Children Are Playing at the Playground!”
This recent police blotter item from Olmstead Falls, Ohio (population: 8,883), is everything that is cuckoo -- and kind and sane -- about our era. If you like it, share...
IT'S UNANIMOUS! Colorado kids -- put on your sneakers. Thanks to your state legislators (and perhaps a little encouragement from Let Grow), you can play outside, stay home alone a...
Next Week Let Grow Meets with The Surgeon General!
For real. Thursday, Let Grow and the Surgeon General will be connecting. Here's why: At the end of 2021, the General put out a report on Protecting Youth Mental Health....
A Doctor Pleads: “Let Kids Play Outside Unsupervised”
A family doctor, worried about rising childhood anxiety and depression, wants his kids -- and all kids -- to be able to play outside, unsupervised, without this causing any legal...
I was always a reader. I spent my childhood pretending to be Lucy Pevensie and Jo March and Anne Shirley Cuthbert and Laura Ingalls and about a million other characters....
How Realistic is the Child Protective System in “The School for Good Mothers”?
If you're reading “The School for Good Mothers,” by Jessamine Chan, you may find yourself pausing to shake your fist, gnash your teeth -- and check on your kids. This...
Our Twitter poll last week asked those born BEFORE 1982 and those born AFTER to tell us what age they were first allowed outside to do things like walk to...
Let’s Make 2022 The Year of The Independent Child!
This year, parents in three states could get the biggest gift of all: the right to let their kids walk, play outside, or stay home alone for a bit, without...
