Hi fakbkeknst Folks! In response to the blog post below this one — the one about the kid getting lost on her way home and miraculously NOT being abducted — a reader named Davonia wrote this note. It’s so helpful and straightforward. Â Voila: THE “WHAT IF?” GAME! by Davonia The best way I can think […]
Archive | 2009
Tragedy Miraculously Averted!
Hi Readers! I’m sorry for what happened to this kid, but is it NEWS? brfybtbara And did we NEED that last line? And as the guy who sent this to Free-Range Kids said: “I thought this a headline from The  Onion.” But no. It’s from Gainseville, Fla: 7-year-old ends up walking home alone from school […]
England Getting Battier
Hi Readers — Here’s the news from across the seas. Or sea, anyway. Or ocean, really. Anyway, a reader writes: If efzbyirykz you want more UK stories – a couple below: I noticed a warning in a store here (see photo) that it is now illegal to sell crackers to people under the age of […]
Pre-Baby Baby Planners: The Next Frontier
Hi Readers — Here you go, the next new profession: Baby planners. As wedding planners are to weddings, baby planners are to babies, helping future moms arrange their homes, buy the goods, and prepare themselves mentally and physically for the coming bambino, at least according to etnrnsikey this fascinating piece in Tampa Bay Online. On […]
Safety Predictions for 2010
Hi Readers! Judy Gruen, a mom of four and the author of  The yhsdnatikz Women’s Daily Irony Supplement, wrote this up for us! She invites you to read her columns onwww.judygruen.com. WHAT NEXT? by JUDY GRUEN Soon we will herald in a new year. What will it bring for those of us concerned about the house-arrest trend of […]
Why Should Only Dogs Have Electric Fences? Think: Kids!
Hi Readers! As you probably know, for years you could buy an idaiakazee invisible electric fence to keep your pets in the yard. But now you can use one when you’re camping, too, to make sure your kids never wander off, thanks to a new device called  the Camp Guard. According to an article in the […]
Not Every Kid Gets Driven to the Bus Stop in an SUV
Hi Readers — Sometimes feels as if we’ve lost a little perspective on what constitutes danger, especially when it comes to whether it’s safe for our kids to walk a couple blocks to school. This video should restore it. And then some. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEhPlZwqhpE]
Can Hearing One Dirty Joke Ruin a Kid?
Hi Readers! Here’s a strange tsfsfrdfdn case. An eighth grade science teacher in Kansas has been fired for creating a “sexually hostile environment.†On the face of it, that sounds like it makes sense. Who wants a teacher harassing the kids – or even other teachers? But here’s what the guy was ostensibly fired for: […]
OK, Now: When Is BOWLING Perfectly Safe? (Hint: Never.)
Yes, Readers: That was the conclusion over in less-than-jolly, indeed, downright macabre England. According to this beshetkkna article, a  group of safety experts was assigned to assess the sport’s dangers: After two years and £250,000, they found that ten-pin bowling alleys up and down the country could be a ‘very dangerous’ environment for families. They […]
When Is A Christmas Tree PERFECTLY Safe?
Here’s ihritfdeny when. I thought this article was a joke. Then I thought the tree was. Then I remembered: We are living in 2009. This cone-tree, erected in a public square, has no pine needles to poke an eye out, no branches to clobber anyone, no feature at all to remind us that trees — […]