Hey Readers — Short, sweet and safe. Wise words lifted from a comment that just landed here: “Dear Free- Range Kids: [I am a] Peds ICU nurse and can tell you that the real dangers are overlooked.  Lock your second story windows, make sure your kids understand car and bike safety. Model safe behavior. […]
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British Kids Being Mummy-fied
Hi Readers: Â Just in case you were wondering what America may to start look like, in terms of helicoptering, check out this nidekhtnyt story from ahead-of-the-craziness-curve England. It notes: The survey of 6,099 people commissioned by LV= Streetwise, a charity that educates children about safety, revealed that nearly a quarter of children aged 15 or […]
“Mom, I am NOT Going to End Up a Sex Slave.”
Hi kaasfnaden Readers — This comment came in from a 16-year-old. Â Seems to frame the problem of overprotection and parental fear pretty darn well. Read on! Dear Free-Range Kids: Tell me about it. Kids need more freedom and less worry. I live in a neighborhood where the violent crime rate is a small decimal. It’s […]
Only Perverts Talk to Kids
Hi Readers! Just got this wonderful little clip from The Big Bang Theory (which happens to be my older son’s favorite show. Yes, even Free-Rangers end up watching some TV.) It’s all about what happens when a stranger talks to a kid. Sheldon, the main character, is — as you will soon see — socially […]
“Take Our Kids to the Park & Leave Them There Day” Lunatic Idea? Invitation to Predators?
Hi Readers — Guess I shouldn’t be surprised, but when a blog called The ktydftyyrd Neighborhood Crime Map did what seemed like a very even-handed little post about May 22’s “Take Our Children to the Park…And Leave Them There Day,” the reaction was swift and hysterical: “Is there not a culture of drug use, meanness, […]
Stranger Danger: It’s Not Just for Kids Anymore
Hi Readers — Just got alerted to this ad and service, BeenVerified.com.  It allows you to do a background check on anyone, from the comfort of your own home. Check the guy you met online, check your mortgage broker (make sure it’s not Alan Greenspan), check your electrician — yes, a guy on the ad says […]
Thank You, SNL
Hey Readers — Here kattysszin is a wonderful little skit from Saturday Night Live. It’s not about kids, it’s about women. But the message works for both: Buy our safety device. Or live (if you’re lucky!) to regret it. — Lenore
What will they think of next?
Hi all, the Deputy here for one more post.  Lenore will be back on Monday. We’ve talked a lot about the United Kingdom and their, well, obsession with rooting out pedophiles, or as they write, paeodophiles.  I think they finally, yes finally, have this problem really and truly licked.  Tim Black of Spiked-Online reports that […]
All Men Are Perverts, Part II: The Clerk
Here’s a byzktfrnht short, fun post from the blog (The Customer Is) Not Always Right, all about a new clerk trying to figure out where to shelve the girls’ underwear he is carrying. Yes, that means he is wandering around the store, in public, girls’ panties in tow.
Outrage of the Week #2! British Airways Treats All Men as Pervs
Dear Readers: Businessman Mirko Fischer is disgusted with British Airways for treating all men as perverts and I hope he sues their pants off (as it were). Â Here’s tsafhdfahr the deal: The airline’s policy states that a grown male is not allowed to sit next to any child he doesn’t know. Â It doesn’t matter if […]