Miriam Bradford is one of the two runner-up winners of the Let Grow Independence Challenge Essay Contest for Parents. We asked folks to tell us how they got up the guts...
Ashley Scroggins is one of the two runner-up winners of the Let Grow Independence Challenge Essay Contest for Parents. We asked folks to tell us how they got up the...
Crystal Kupper is the Grand Prize winner in the first annual Let Grow Independence Challenge Parent Essay Contest. We asked parents to send us short essays about how they got...
Laundry Advice from a College President: Start Sooner
A college president and college professor find themselves all too familiar with the granular back-and-forthing on Facebook forums for parents of students at their institutions. And in an article in...
Help! I Lost My 6-Year-Old at the Airport for 15 Minutes and Now We Are Both Terrified
Hello Let Grow -- My name is Katy, and I stumbled upon your website yesterday, while searching for stats on how often kids lost at airports get abducted. The thing...
Should I Worry About My Kids Wasting Time Over the Summer?
With the lazy, hazy days of you-know-what upon us officially starting today, should you worry about your kids goofing off? Being idle? Spending tons of time making sculptures out of...
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...
How Much Do You Really Have to Play With Your Kids?
When our kids were toddlers my husband vowed he was going to write a book, “How to Play with Your Kids Without Getting off the Couch.” It would be filled with...
What My Kids Say About Their "Let Grow" Childhood, by Dan Emery I sometimes messed up as a dad. And part of seeing my kids (mostly) grown up is realizing...
Fifteen years ago my wife and I were lucky enough to hear a speech by Linda and Richard Eyre on “the Family Economy” that advocated giving kids the opportunity--and responsibility--to...
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