We’ve got an update over at Let Grow on the states where “Free-Range Parenting” bills were presented in 2019, and which states we are targeting next. Click here for the update. And click HERE if you’d like to get involved!
Archive | 2019
Storytelling Tips from a Master
Click here to read a Q&A on Let Grow with Antonio Sacre, master storyteller.
Can We Trust High School Students to Think for Themselves?
High school students aren’t babies. We believe they can think for themselves, even when confused, confounded or conflicted. Proof? Let Grow’s “Think for Yourself” college scholarship contest garnered over 9000 essays on topics like, “Did you ever learn something…from a jerk?” We chose four winners and: One got published in EdWeek! Another got published in […]
Very Few Kids Get Lost at the Fair Anymore…And Maybe That’s Not So Good
At the Canadian National Exposition, about 400 kids a day used to get lost in the ’60s. On one remarkable day in 1958, that number soared to 1624! And now? Somewhere between 5 and 12. Read why that might be kind of sad, over at Let Grow — and tell us your getting lost story. […]
Four Ways Free Play Makes Kids Better at Handling their Emotions and Relating to Others
Check them out, over at Let Grow! Click here!
If I Let My Kids Watch American Ninja Warrior Before School, Should They Be Taken From Me?
Someone else’s idea of what is overprotective or under-supervised shouldn’t matter one whit, unless a parent shows blatant disregard for a child’s safety and welfare. Ninja flicks with breakfast? Pizza for seven days straight? These are idiosyncratic decisions a parent should be allowed to make. And yet, writes Vivek Sankaran at the University Michigan Law […]
The Profound Lessons Kids Get Out of a Childhood Friendship
Friendship is as foundational as anything else in our kids’ lives. Click here to read Ruby Swift Wolens’ reflections on her friendship with Let Grow’s Peter Gray, 68 years ago.
68 Years Later Dr. Peter Gray Meets His Childhood Friend (Who Inspired His Life’s Work on Free Play)
Read the story and look at the other photos over at Let Grow. Click here!
Even Clingy Kids Can Become More Independent
So says Audrey Monke, a camp director for many years, and author of (what else would it be titled?) Happy Campers. Parents of clingy kids as well as kids with special needs may face a more challenging task, but their end goal is the same: More independence. Join the discussion at Let Grow!
A Third Grade Teacher Sees His Kids a Whole New Way — And So Do Their Parents
Academic superstars and struggling students can all succeed at something. It’s called life. Gary Karlson opened the door for his third graders with a simple homework assignment: Go home and do something — learn something — new, on your own. Full blog post at Let Grow, here.