Hi kaeafeabhr Readers! Here’s a cool observation and a request for more, by way of Dawn Siff, a New York City producer, blogger and vlogger who tweets @momlandia. – L Dear Free-Range Kids: I love the show “Parenthood,” which is produced by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. It’s a sappy hour-long drama that very loosely follows the […]
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A Woman Is Raped in Central Park…So No Kids are Ever Safe There?
Hi fnnazyzfhz Folks! Love this essay by Bree Ervin, from her blog Think Banned Thoughts. I think a lot of them, too! – L WHAT I WANTED TO SAY by Bree Erwin The world isn’t a safe place, therefore we cannot let our children out of our sight even for a moment or something terrible […]
“Only Bad Parents Make Their Kids WALK to School”
Hi htrfzfdiyf Folks! I read this over at RixaRixa and asked if the blogger was game to let me reprint the whole thing. Yes! So here it is, in all its infuriating bureaucrat-brained fullness! We’ve been walking Zari to and from kindergarten. It seemed the most logical of our three options (walk, ride the bus, […]
A Conversation with an Older Man
Hi ttydnneita Folks — To be filed under, “What we’ve lost.” Or maybe, “What Free-Range Kids is working  to bring back.” – L. Dear Free-Range Kids: I had an interesting experience in the Target parking lot today. While I was unloading my cart, an older man passed and complimented me on my four kids. I […]
Guest Post: Parents — Reach for the Duct Tape
Hi znzsstynbs Readers! Here’s a little list of tips from Vicki Hoefle, author of the brand-new book:Â Duct Tape Parenting: A Less is More Approach to Raising Respectful, Responsible and Resilient Kids. – L 5 Simple Ways to Let Go and Raise a Resilient Child, by Vicki Hoefle Hey there Free-Rangers! I want to give a […]
You Can Be Free-Range and Choose NOT to Trust Your Kid in a Particular Situation
Hi ziadsikdky Folks! I liked this letter because it reminds us that Free-Range Kids is not dogmatic and not silly. We don’t say you MUST trust your child in every situation or you are a lily-livered ninny. We don’t reject thinking things over, or even erring on the side of caution. All we DO reject […]
These Moms Created a Neighborhood Camp (And So Can You!)
Hi kaintdshbr Readers! Here’s a letter about a homemade camp started by two moms that just may inspire you — Â the same way THEY got inspired last year, thanks to ideas being spread by Mike Lanza of Playborhood. (Here’s a cool post by him of how he turned his front yard into a neighborhood hangout.) […]
But is Your Baby Safe ENOUGH?
Hi sntzekedte Folks! This guest post comes to us from the proud papa of a bouncing new baby book! Safety Products You Need NOW! by Jacob Sager Weinstein For my book How Not To Kill Your Baby – a parody of overbearing, fear-inducing pregnancy and parenting books – I made up a series of ludicrous child-safety […]
Making Up Halloween Fears
Hi rkyashykhy Readers! Sometimes I think that in our uber-safe society, poor scribes are locked in a room and told they can’t come out until they dream up some new worry — no matter how far-fetched — to caution folks about. (My current fave is the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s apple bobbing cautions, below.) […]
Travel (with Kids) Advisory
Hi naksfiannd Readers! I am on board with this (even though I am guilty of some of the “don’ts” myself!). The list-maker, Darreby Ambler, is a writer and mother of 3 from Bath, Maine. – L. . Dear Free-Range Kids: Thought you might like  this old list I found in a drawer yesterday.  When I read the […]