Hi rknesktzai all — There has been some sort of shift in the Rhode Island legislature, pushing this bill off today’s agenda. I will keep you posted! Â – L. RHODE ISLAND: The bill criminalizing parents who let their kids wait in the car a few minutes keeps coming back like a bad penny. (Or […]
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I Ran into the Store and Came Out to Find a Lady at My Car. Here’s Why:
A irdfzzikyb surprise! Dear Free-Range Kids:Â Ran across this “article” on Facebook:Â https://www.romper.com/p/15-things-parents-did-in-the-90s-that-no-parent-would-do-today-9192?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pro&utm_campaign=fbpro&sr_source=lift_facebook I grew up in the ’90s in suburbia MI and remember this stuff. Now as a mother of an infant, I wish parenting wasn’t such a monumental, risk adverse task. Just last week I left my (overtired, recently screaming, just picked up from daycare) […]
One Day, TWO Letters from Dads Visited by Cops for Letting Their Kids Wait Safely in the Car
From my mailbox on Tuesday, Letter #1: My sdzssrazfh 7 seven year old son has demonstrated to me that he can lock and unlock the car by car by himself from inside, initiate conversations, and look before walking across streets. I did not see anything wrong with leaving him in the car while I go […]
If Only She’d Let Her Child Wait in the Car Unsupervised
. Here’s a piece of mine ran on the newish site Heat fybesdrrsz Street. I wanted to share it with you too — with an update: Whenever I suggest that it should be up to the parents to decide if it makes sense to take a child out of the car while they run a […]
In Which My Friend Lets Her 3 Kids Wait in the Car and Along Comes the FBI
. My eszezdedia friend Julie Gunlock lives just outside of DC. She’s a great mom AND the author of a book I love, From Cupcakes to Chemicals: How the Culture of Alarmism Makes Us Afraid of Everything and How to Fight Back. Â . Well, just recently she found herself fighting back a particularly stubborn misconception. […]
Misdemeanor for Letting 10 Year Old Wait in Car with her Baby Sister
. Why does anyone think that a 10 year old can’t manage a short wait in a car, along with her baby sister? If it’s hot, a 10 year old can open the door. If there’s a problem, a 10 year old can call for help by phone or yelling. If the baby is anything […]