Children Don’t Need Constant Supervision at the Park
The piece below originally appeared in the Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, two leafy suburbs of Chicago. It was written in response to an earlier column by...
What a phenomenal piece in today's New York Times by Jessica Grose, the former parenting editor there. She is begging parents to "Stop Micromanaging Halloween," a trend we've seen ever...
BIG STUDY: Parents WANT to Promote their Kids’ Independence…but Don’t
Most parents believe it’s important for kids to develop independence in their elementary school years by doing things “away from direct adult supervision,” according to a new survey by the...
Over the Decades, As Kids’ Independence Declined, Their Anxiety Increased
This article in the Journal of Pediatrics -- Decline inIndependent Activity as a Cause of Decline in Children’s Mental Wellbeing: Summary ofthe Evidence -- has been getting a tsunami of...
Today's timely Trick or Treating post comes to us from Dixie Dillon Lane, an American historian and mother of four enthusiastic trick-or-treaters. She is an associate editor for Hearth & Field. You...
JOY: Abducted Girl is Found Safe! What This Means for Parents
Joy, amazement, gratitude – fantastic emotions are surging through a whole lot of us today, for Charlotte Sena, the 9-year-old abducted while riding her bike in upstate New York, has...
As of this moment, a 9-year-old girl, Charlotte Sena, is missing in upstate New York. She was camping with her family on Saturday. Last seen, she was on a bike...
Even The “Hunt, Gather, Parent” Kid Gets Stopped by the Cops
Michaeleen Doucleff is author of the incredibly great, scales-falling-from-our eyes book, "Hunt, Gather, Parent." She and her daughter Rosy traveled the world to witness the parenting practices that have been...
Obviously, technology that didn’t exist when most of us were kids is now an everyday part of childhood. That’s why we devoured “Growing Up in Public,” the brand new book...
Let Grow and “Independence Therapy” in The New York Times: Hope for Anxious Kids
What if one of the big reasons kids are so anxious is simply this: They're micromanaged by adults? As we've often noted here, kids are increasingly in adult-run classes, clubs,...
Seems like there are big changes underway in about a third of Houston's public schools. The one that play activist Rusty Keeler brought to Let Grow's attention involves what many...
Jennifer Breheny Wallace is a journalist, mom, long-time friend of Let Grow, and now the author of a book coming out today, “Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic —...
