By Guest Author

Read Time: 4 minutes

Let Kids Learn About Money in Real Time – Starting Now!

At Let Grow we love to see kids doing more on their own: making breakfast, walking the dog, riding their bikes... But there's an issue we haven’t focused on much:...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 4 minutes

As Time Magazine Was Just Saying…

If you want to be out-of-your-mind inspired, check out this huge Time Magazine profile of The Balance Project – “a parent-run nonprofit working to rebuild communities to encourage childhood independence...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 3 minutes

Chick-fil-A: Where Nuggets Meet Independence

The story of a 5-year-old who wandered away from home is going viral today for a wonderful reason: The cops did not arrest the parents! In Jacksonville, Florida, a 5-year-old...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 4 minutes

MY TED TALK, by LENORE SKENAZY

“Spend Less Time with Your Kids.” That’s what I called my TED Talk in my head. It came out on Aug. 26th and the official title is Why you should...
By Guest Author

Read Time: 5 minutes

Quit Making Such a Big Deal about “Back to School” Jitters

We are thrilled to repost this Substack piece by our friend and Let Grow Board Member, Samantha Boardman. Samantha is a Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and author of a book...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 3 minutes

WHAT A TOWN FOR KIDS!

The city of Newburyport, Mass., has launched a “Summer Let Grow Challenge” to boost its kids’ independence, resilience and mental health. Here’s what’s happening there – according to the town’s press...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 3 minutes

Let Grow in The Atlantic: The Surprising Reason Kids Are Glued to Their Phones

Are kids on their phones so much because that’s what they love doing the most? An explosive new Harris Poll finds that actually, what kids 8-12 REALLY want to do...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 2 minutes

A Boy Learns About Ziti – and Life

Sometimes we just gotta share what’s in our mailbag. The note below is from a school counselor who started doing The Let Grow Experience with fifth graders this year. Next...
By Guest Author

Read Time: 7 minutes

Is Tracking Kids Making Them Anxious?

This essay on child surveillance by Elizabeth Leigh Hunter blew us away. As she notes: The Alpha Generation is the most surveilled group of people on the planet. That merits more...
By Guest Author

Read Time: 4 minutes

Is Your Kid Getting Enough Awe?

Awe. You know it when you feel it. And when you do, you are humbled AND exhilarated. Now child development expert Deborah Farmer Kris has written the book, “Raising Awe...
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...
By Guest Author

Read Time: 4 minutes

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...