By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 4 minutes

How Boring Playgrounds Stifle Play

I live in New York City. It’s green enough for me. But when I saw the work of Sharon Danks, CEO/founder of Green Schoolyards  America, it became obvious that most...
By Andrea Keith

Read Time: 5 minutes

The Perfect Gift…That Can Change Your Life

What can change your life for the better? Hope and a plan of action. That’s what you get in the book Everyday Vitality. It’s by Let Grow board member –...
By Andrea Keith

Read Time: 3 minutes

Christmas Break Activities for Bored Kids & Harried Parents

Christmas break – winter break, Christmas vacation – whatever you call the upcoming school holiday, it’s great…until it isn’t. Even in 1951, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”...
By Let Grow

Read Time: 3 minutes

Groundbreaking Yale Study Discovers Cure for “Helicopter Parenting”

When adults step back, kids step up. That’s the Let Grow motto. The only problem is: It’s hard to get adults to do that. Helicopter parenting has become pretty much...
By Guest Author

Read Time: 5 minutes

I Thought I Had to Be Teaching My Kids All. The. Time.

This “Ah ha!”-filled post comes to us from Abigail Weidmer, a homeschool mom and nonprofit grants consultant in Billings, Montana. Her three kids range in age from 2 to 7:...
By Let Grow

Read Time: 4 minutes

Thoughts on the Georgia Mom Story  

The case of Brittany Patterson has already become part of pop culture: A Georgia mom was arrested and handcuffed in front of her kids for the "crime" of not knowing...
By Andrea Keith

Read Time: 3 minutes

Let Grow is Life Changing: Parents and Kids Agree

Maybe you’ve heard us talking about the anxiety-busting, confidence-growing properties of The Let Grow Experience, but you’re wondering: What exactly is it? How does it work? Like this: Schools give...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 5 minutes

LOSING TRACK OF YOUR KIDS SHOULD NOT BE A CRIME

Brittany Patterson had to take one of her four children to a medical appointment, and her youngest son, 10-year-old Soren, was going to come with them. This was a few...
By Let Grow

Read Time: 4 minutes

We Couldn’t Find Our Kid for 15 Minutes – Now I’m Terrified!

I had a similar experience last week and have been pondering a similar question since then…The thought I keep coming back to is that maybe it's not inherently bad that...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 3 minutes

How to Fight the Obsessive Fear of Unlikely Dangers

Inside Out 2 gave kids a way to picture anxiety. For parents, all you need is this classic Modern Love column, “A Marriage Stressed by Obsessions and Compulsions.” In it,...
By Lenore Skenazy

Read Time: 4 minutes

HOW HELICOPTER PARENTING GOT MORE INTENSE

You can’t find a better explanation of the rise of helicopter parenting and how, when, and why that morphed into “intensive parenting” than this New York Times podcast from about...
By Let Grow

Read Time: 3 minutes

The More Kids Walk, The Better

Is there a path to success kids can take? Yes -- if they put on their sneakers. The more kids walk around, the more upward mobility they enjoy as adults....