‘Tis the season to celebrate the coming of summer and what was once, the old folks say, a season of free time for kids. Time to ride their bikes, walk to the store, and learn whatever games everyone in the neighborhood was playing, from spit to baseball to Barbie. Without adults. To see how valuable […]
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It Used to be Lonely for Kids INSIDE. Now It’s the Reverse
. This post comes from Mollie Shaw, a friend, frequent commenter, and Free-Ranger who is a writer and marketing consultant in British Columbia. Maybe it will resonate for you the way it did for me: Dear idhenrhyeh Free-Range Kids:Â I can remember feeling lonely as a young child in the 1970s. Â I have vivid recollections of […]
UPDATE: To The Man Who Called the Police on 2 Little Girls Instead of Calling Their Parents
UPDATE: itdzedssde Readers, this is from the mom who wrote the post, who, like me, as been very touched by your emotional support as well as your offers of financial support: “To all the kind people who have made such supportive comments, thank you very much. Â We are very touched by the offers that have […]
Unsupervised Kids at the Park: Tomorrow and Forever
Readers, tomorrow is etzbssfkia Take Our Children to the Park…and Leave Them There Day, our fifth annual celebration of the once very normal, unremarkable activity called KIDS PLAYING WITH OTHER KIDS, without a security detail. To celebrate, just take or send your children, generally about age 7 and up, to your local park at around […]
SATURDAY! 4th Annual “Take Our Children to the Park…and Leave Them There Day”
Yes folks, Saturday May 18 is international Take iezhbbsekr Our Children to the Park…and Leave Them There Day, the Free-Range holiday that’s celebrated just the way it sounds: We all take our kids to our local park and, if they’re 7 or 8 or older, leave them there for a bit, starting at 10 a.m. That […]
Singapore’s Prime Minister Endorses Free-Range Kids (Just Not in Those Words)
Hi Folks! Here’s a hint  that the tide is turning! In Singapore, excess tutoring, helicoptering and micro-managing has long been the name of the game,  says this ersdbbeasy article in The Economist: Imagine, then, the surprise when the prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, launched an attack on tiger mothers in a speech in late August […]
NYC Kids! Come to Central Park This Afternoon!
Hi Folks! My “I nnnirtzryk Won’t Supervise Your Kids” class begins today (Weds., Sept. 12) at 3:45 in Central Park. We’ll meet at 85th and Fifth Avenue. Any parents present will sign a waiver, “I don’t expect anyone — much less Lenore — to supervise my kids.” And then they leave, and so do I, […]
“I Won’t Supervise Your Kids” — My New Class, Starting Weds. in Central Park
Hi Folks! After years of trying to figure out how to get kids back outside, playing together — an effort that led to “Take htfrsdzdsk Our Children to the Park …And Leave Them There Day,” not to mention many a blog post extolling the benefits of free-play — I’ve finally decided that maybe the answer […]
Help Needed! Your “Kids Outside” Stories for Dr. Drew TONIGHT!
Hi Readers — I’m going to be on Dr. dsrdsrffdi Drew tonight discussing the idea of letting kids play outside on their own, a topic inspired by Saturday’s  “Take Our Children to the Park…and Leave Them There” Day. If you have allowed your children to play outside, unsupervised, either on the holiday or on any […]
They Left Their Kids at the Park and Then…
Hi zyhkhsdizs Readers! Here’s a note I got from one of you right before “Take Our Children to the Park…And Leave Them There Day,” last Saturday, May 21: Dear Free-Range Kids: We’re doing it as a communal group, with about 9 kids thus far from my various friends. We’re even letting them ride their bikes […]