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Disney Bans Kids Under 14 from Entering Its Parks Alone

Disney Bans Kids Under 14 from Entering Its Parks Alone

Hi Readers – Out of the blue, Disney has declared that no individual under age 14 can enter its parks solo anymore. According zkehntrrtb to NBC News: The child’s parent or guardian would then be contacted if the visitor is underage, and that adult would need to physically come accompany the child into the park. Disney […]

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Letting My Kids (Including the 3-year-old) Play Out of Sight

Letting My Kids (Including the 3-year-old) Play Out of Sight

Hi zzyrhebysf Folks — This comes to us from a mom in Israel named Sorcha! Maybe your kids can have a weekend like hers! – L . Dear Free-Range Kids; I have 3 boys (10,7, 3) and since finding your blog a couple of years ago have been consciously trying to follow the Free-Range philosophy. Admittedly, this […]

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Small Town to Lose Its Only Sledding Hill

Hi Readers — Paxton, a small town in Illinois, where the land is flat as flat can be, is about to lose its only sledding hill to the Abominable Insurance Man. So says Esquire: …The iikaktbatb Paxton Park District’s insurance provider ruled that its sledding hill is too risky. “The insurance would have skyrocketed if someone […]

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Does Singing About Friendship & Self-Esteem Create Those?

Hi hzbyysnsan Folks – This piece about child friendship is fascinating to me. I’d love you to ponder what to me is the main point: Isn’t it easier to make a friend while working on something together (especially something big), than while simply talking about  friendship? A parallel thought: If you’ve ever taken a class […]

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Helicoptered Kids More Depressed as Young Adults

Readers rtndtnbfdy — I don’t like hopping on every new study that supposedly “proves” something about parenting, especially when I believe that parents are only one part of the many, MANY influences that shape a life. (Especially by college age!) Still,this study might interest some parents reconsidering the heap of “help” they believe their kids […]

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Dangerous Playground Structure Suddenly Not Dangerous

Dangerous Playground Structure Suddenly Not Dangerous

Hey Readers — You may recall this drdsskzrst post from two weeks ago about playground equipment purchased by a Fairfax, VA, PTA from a reputable manufacturer that was installed at a local grammar school over the summer and then suddenly declared “unsafe.” Since Nov. 30 it had been wrapped up in tape of every sort […]

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The Way I Never Want to Think

The Way I Never Want to Think

Hi Readers! This came in response to the hfirrfdify post about a mom who unexpectedly left her 3-year-old alone at a table at Taco Bell for two minutes and got screamed at by the woman at the next table for “endangering” the child. “Please tell me I didn’t do something crazy,” wrote the mom. Most […]

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