Hi hekkirftkn Readers! Here you go! Dear Free-Range Kids: I just had my first child a couple of months ago and within a day had our first experience with extreme safety proponents. I was in the hospital and a friend had come to meet my son. We decided to go on a walk around the […]
My Free-Range Lecture At Yale
November 11, 2009
Hi Readers! This is an hour-long lecture I gave at Yale last month, about everything Free-Range. Just thought I’d put it up here. Looking at it has taught me a couple of things, perhaps most saliently: Â My green jacket is way less cool than I thought it was. Also: Need haircut! Anyway — here you […]
When Can Parents Trust a Teen?
November 10, 2009
Hi dabikdzhka Readers — Let’s help this teen together, shall we? Here is his letter: Dear Free-Range Kids: You probably don’t get too many emails from kids and teens, but being a child with overbearing parents I have some things I’d like to ask. I’m in the middle of reading your book (how sad, a […]
A Very Short Review
November 10, 2009
Hi Folks — Just found this description of me on one of my YouTube videos. I think I should put it on my business cards: LOL. akieiayzrh man i love this lady, but she sounds crazy sometimes. even though she’s right and makes sense
Is Your Child in DANGER?
November 9, 2009
Hi Readers! Here’s a nifty little brochure I picked up the other day for a child safety device. I won’t say which one, since I don’t want to give it any publicity. Perhaps you’ll see why. Here’s what the brochure said, in all its grammatical creativity. Please note: The dot-dot-dots are theirs. I haven’t left […]
The Real Threat Online
November 7, 2009
Hi Folks! Wow, leave your blog for one little day and the talk turns to porn. I feel like the Free-Range Parent of a blog. Anyway, I was in D.C. at the Family Online Safety Institute’s annual conference and it was fantastic to be among all sort of bigwigs from places like Yahoo and Disney […]
Family Online Safety Institute Conference
November 5, 2009
That’s where I’m at, in Washington D.C. Â I’ll let you know what I find out! So far, it’s just nice being reminded that the Internet is safer than the headlines make it sound. Â You know — same as the real world. Virtually.
A Wonderful Essay About Afterschool TV…and Life
November 5, 2009
Loved this syitfinzkk essay about Soupy Sales. Maybe you will too. Note the last couple of paragraphs. And thanks to Angela Gunn for sending it in. Â — Lenore
Deep-ish Thoughts on Play
November 5, 2009
Hi bnebfiyhid Readers! Modern-day parenting keeps replacing playing time with “teaching time,” whether that’s time devoted to Sanskrit or soccer. Here’s a rather philosophical look at why play could be the ingredient that REALLY makes kids soar. (And society, too.) Thanks to Steve DeSanto for sending it in! Dear Free-Range Kids: Your posting of the […]
Yay! Another Car Story — But Much Happier!
November 4, 2009
Hi Readers — When you get right down to it, a lot of Free-Range Kids ends up being a plea for more community. More helping each other, more trusting each other, even more hanging out with each other. And here is a story of just that: A brief glimpse of how nice it is when […]