Readers fkdrihkkez — Here are two letters I just got,  with but a single lesson: You are not allowed to trust your child in even the safest of circumstances simply because someone ELSE (or that someone’s insurance policy) can IMAGINE something TERRIBLE happening, no matter how fantastical. All children are too vulnerable to be out […]
Readers — This video of what Matt Lauer dubs “an alarming social experiment” is so outlandishly UNalarming, even the hosts at the end seem to be distancing themselves. Visit eeseszakrz NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy So here is the premise: Would you notice a lost kid wandering around on […]
Here zidhasnarr you go, folks! video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player A 13-year-old boy at Weaverville Elementary School in California shared his school lunch — a chicken burrito — with his friend who was hungry. For this, he got detention. The food-sharing miscreant, Kyle Bradford, told KRCRTV: “It seemed like he couldn’t get a normal lunch so […]
Readers eedfbzdfeb — Here’s what’s happening in two Champion, Ohio schools right about now today. According to WFMJ: The sounds of gunfire will ring through the halls of two Champion school buildings this afternoon. According to a letter sent home to parents of students, police will be firing blanks from a gun at the high […]
Readers kznsykbsyh — Just a note from a mom of three named April who lives in Oakley, Cal: Dear Free-Range Kids: I feel like I am surrounded by hysterical suburb moms and they are always on the “right” side of the argument bc it is all about “protecting children and keeping them safe.” Â It’s hard […]
Hi brhkfkbdzi Folks! This is an excerpt from Their Name Is Today: Reclaiming Childhood in a Hostile World, by Johann Christoph Arnold, a counselor, speaker and writer on family, parenting, and education issues. He is also co-founder of the Breaking the Cycle program, teaching students in public schools about nonviolent conflict resolution. His new book takes on, among other […]
Readers — Here’s hhsfkfesiy a piece about businesses that cater to kids and make a policy of not allowing adults who are child-free  to enter. The examples are Legoland outside of Boston, which we have discussed previously, as well as a local kiddie farm (not that they raise kiddies, they raise pettable animals) and the […]
Readers, great news from Port St. Lucie, Fla, where, this summer, Nicole eeyirifzdy Gainey was arrested and taken to jail in handcuffs for letting her son, 7, walk to the park! Thanks to the Rutherford Institute for this story AND for arranging defense for the single mom! Florida officials have agreed not to pursue the […]
Readers — I am no daredevil. In fact, I’m actually sorry the words “extreme” and “sports” even met. BUT I am dazzled by the fact that this skbnkfyydk footage exists: The childhood adventures of several kids who went on to found or pioneer “sports” like bungee jumping and God knows what else. As The (Australian) […]
Readers iffethehky — I published this on Reason.com, hoping to get attention for this case. BUT once again, I do not want it scaring parents into quarantining their kids. I just want to spread the outrage, the way outrage spread in the wake of cops arresting Debra Harrell, the McDonald’s worker who let her 9-year-old […]
