Article Category: Parenting

By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 4 minutes

Want Your Kids to Play Outside More? Here’s How!

What happens when you get a bunch of kids together and set them free to have fun? Death! Examining death, that is – a dead rodent. I found this out...
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By Guest Author

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My Untracked Life

Natalie BeVier is a Freshman at The University of The South in Tennessee, who plans to study English and plays on the women’s field hockey team. Last week I met...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Life360 and the Severed Head Issue

The worry that our kids will die the second they step outside feels innate, but it has been cultivated. Did you catch the new ad for the Life360 tracking app?...
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By Let Grow

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THREE MORE STATE LEGISLATURES PASS OUR “REASONABLE CHILDHOOD INDEPENDENCE” BILL!

It’s spring – a great time for kids to play outside, walk to the store, or climb a tree. And three states—Florida, Georgia, and Missouri – have just passed legislation...
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By Guest Author

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I Just Realized I’m a Helicopter Mom

Here’s a little note from Helen, a “helicopter mom” who’s changing. As can you! And if you do, please drop us a line. Hi there! Just read your book Free Range...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Let Grow’s FREE Mother’s Day Kit Includes Card, Kid-Coupons, And Surprising Fill-in-the-Blanks about Mom

A certain holiday is coming up -- and we've got you covered. (Phew!) Our Mother's Day Kit comes with a lovely card to print out, and all the other items...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Why My Camp Doesn’t Send Parents Daily Pictures

Georgia Del Favero is Executive Director of Camp Birchwood in Laporte,   Minnesota, an overnight camp for girls 6 to 17, bucking the trend of uploading daily photos for parents....
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By Guest Author

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Unstructured and Unstoppable: The Joy of Forest Play Club

Sure, students at Garlough Environmental Magnet School spend time outside—you’d expect that from a school with a mission stating, “GEMS uses the natural world to enrich learning.” But in the...
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By Lenore Skenazy

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Brave AND Scared: Saluting The Chick-fil-A Mom and Son

If you haven't seen this video yet (below), you're in for a lovely couple of minutes: Utah mom Stephanie Read read The Anxious Generation, got to the chapters we helped...
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By Guest Author

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Introducing The Balance Project

Bringing life + tech into harmony for kids, families and communities At Let Grow we had a vision to develop a toolkit to empower parents and community leaders. The goal?...
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By Guest Author

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Beyond Fear: Raising Confident Kids in an Uncertain World

As parents, nothing is more important to us than the safety and happiness of our children. We naturally want to protect them from any harm, and that's a huge part...
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By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 4 minutes

GEORGIA LEGISLATURE PASSES “REASONABLE CHILDHOOD INDEPENDENCE” LAW

Last year Brittany Patterson was arrested there when her son walked to the store Just a few months after Georgia mom Brittany Patterson was arrested for not knowing that her...
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