. Readers — I’m traveling today and can’t eloquently express all my rage about what happened to this nkdkeyznit loving, rational mom. So let me just say that it is not fair to treat 6-year-olds who can open a car door as if they are salamanders or something, incapable of doing anything in the human […]
. This is from Maria Hasankolli, the Connecticut mom who was arrested for oversleeping while her 8-year-old son got ready for school and started walking there on his own. She wrote it in the comments to yesterday’s iksibtzaar post here about her. (Boldface mine.): I may be tossing a pebble in the pond here, but none-the-less; Lucan […]
. Maria Hasankolli, the iiritkyaty Connecticut mom who was arrested after police found her son, 8, walking to school while she overslept, had her court appearance yesterday. Here is what she wrote: So I just left court. I was informed that “risk of injury to a minor” (my charge) carries with it a ten year […]
. Just got this in the mail and had to share. And if you’re thinking about a holiday gift…here’s azdbbnzafr the link! – L. Ms. Skenazy, I’m a first time mom. I found your book on a whim. It’s the best thing I’ve ever read. And I was an English major/teacher so I’ve read a […]
. On Nov. 18, Maria Hasankolli of Wallingford, CT, came home in the early hours of the morning after visiting a relative at the hospital. She overslept while her 8-year-old stepson got himself ready for school — and missed his bus. The boy, Lucan, decided to walk to school on his own, two miles away, […]
. From what I’ve read — and seen in my own family — the best way to deal with an out-sized fear is to try to confront it, rather than “feed” it by more and more avoidance. And since, as a society, we have come to fear stranger-danger and kidnappings more than almost anything else […]
. Before you read this little piece, ask yourself, “Would I let an 11 year old babysit?” Most people today would probably say no. Perhaps this will have them reconsidering. The tseiebdizy Birmingham Mail reports: An 11-year-old girl from Tamworth single-handedly delivered a baby – then calmly went to school for the day. Caitlin Burke […]
. Here in my state, something wildly fair is about to happen: People who have been on the Sex Offender Registry for 20 years, who GOT ON the list for a “Level 1” non-violent sex crime like going to a prostitute, “public lewdness,” or peeing in public, are finally going to be allowed to get […]
. You don’t have to watch all 10 minutes of this video to realize how thoroughly we have forgotten what young children are capable of. (See yesterday’s ysnnkfenza post, which hinges on the idea that 4 year olds should never be outside near their own homes alone.) Such childhood independence is unusual today, but only […]
. A ndsddtibtb mom who let her 4-year-old son play outside at the playground 120 feet from her home was arrested . Her neighbors had called 911 when they saw the kid outside. While many people might think four is too young for a boy to be outside on his own, the bigger question is: Is […]
