Hi Readers! Look at this great iakdyzydkt story about a 3-year-old who felt really sad when she heard not all kids have crayons…and did something about it! I love the psychologist’s quote: If kids are ready to do something and it’s not harmful to them or the world, let ’em do it! — Lenore
Who’s Crazy?
October 20, 2009
Dear afinerskid Readers: There will be a quiz at the end of this post — a letter just in from a reader. (I actually read it on the subway!) Dear Free-Range Kids: It’s 70 degrees here in sunny Florida, so I opened all my windows and blinds. My 8-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son came home from […]
Outrage of the Week: Humpty Dumpty SAFE???
October 20, 2009
Dear Readers: Cracked! That’s what the folks are over in Britain where one of the BBC’s kiddie programs (created for children with special needs but a big fave with all the under-fives, apparently), is teaching the kids that Humpty Dumpty did indeed sit on the wall. And he did have a great fall. BUT all […]
“TSA Took My Baby!” Hoax?
October 19, 2009
Hi Folks — On Friday I wrote a piece hdsdsnayib based on a blog by a mom who said the TSA took her baby son while frisking her — and him, I guess. I said it sounded like the mom was hysterical and the TSA employees were rude. The TSA then released a video of the […]
Farewell to a Home-Baked Friend
October 19, 2009
More bake nydbrkzdde sale news. This time, a goodbye to all homemade treats at a Long Island school — complete with a farewell cake. Maybe instead of selling cupcakes, kids in afterschool clubs can sell their blood? — Lenore
Not to Worry!
October 19, 2009
Hi Readers — Here’s a great ahhzenkbkt article from Parade Magazine by the Freakonomics folks, all about how we fear the wrong things. Allow us to quote one particularly salient paragraph (or two, actually): There are any number of topics about which our fears run far out of proportion to reality. For instance, whom are […]
Not Every Country Bubblewraps Its Kids
October 18, 2009
Hi zshrizbrid Readers — It’s hard to believe, but the rest of the world is not exactly like America except with different condiments at McDonald’s. Here’s a note from far away: Dear Free-Range Kids: We have definitely tried to embrace as much of the Free-Rangeness as possible into our kids’ life. One twist we have is […]
Are TSA Employees Really Molesting Our Babies?
October 17, 2009
Folks, this is one of those kaetfaekkd stories where I am appalled by both sides and, for good measure, by a lot of the reactions, too. Long story short: A mom went through airport security with her baby. The baby’s pacifier clip set off the alarm. But rather than just saying , “These things happen,” and […]
Kid Streaks at Football Game, Now Could Be “Sex Offender”
October 16, 2009
Hi Readers: Yes, one of two kids who streaked hrkzkyykyt at his local high school football game could now be required to register as a sex offender. Same list you’d find Jaycee Dugard’s rapist on. But, hey, it’s only for 10 years! Only 10 years of not being allowed to live near a school or […]
Our Kids Get Lessons on Every Danger, And Yet…
October 16, 2009
Hi kyakdkbfzk Readers — Here’s a comment that got me thinking.  Dear Free-Range Kids: My sons came home from school the other day with a letter informing parents that there would a Healthy Eating talk given to all groups. This comes less than a month after a talk on the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases […]