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How Safe Is It to Let Kids Run Errands Alone? PART 1:

When is your child old enough to start running errands? We’ve got some thoughts.

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Metaphor Alert! Trees Need Wind to Grow Strong

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Are We Allowed to “Abandon” Our Kids When We Get a Napkin or Ketchup? Or is 20 Feet Away Too Far?

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TEXAS BECOMES THIRD STATE TO ENSHRINE “REASONABLE CHILDHOOD INDEPENDENCE” INTO LAW

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A Developmental Psychologist on Why Kids Need Some Independence

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TWO STATES PASS “CHILDHOOD INDPENDENDENCE” LAWS THAT ENSURE IT IS NOT NEGLECT FOR KIDS TO PLAY OUTSIDE

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Putting Covid (and other) Risks to Kids in Perspective

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How Dare Yahoo News Run This “Mom Issues Terrifying Warning” Story?

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Gut-wrenching AND Hopeful? A Mom’s Letter to her Third Grade Son

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How to Find Other Parents Who Give Their 5-Year-Olds Knives

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“Mommy, Why Do The Kids in These Books Get to Walk Around Without an Adult?”

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When P.E. Teacher Let His Students Organize their Own Games Outside, He Was Blown Away

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