Hey Readers: Here’s a nice tatdkteebn story from our friends up north! No — not another igloo. A Canadian school that really wants kids to get there on their own. Listen to this: … P.L. Robertson elementary in Milton, which opened this week, has been designated a “walking-only school,” where students will be strongly encouraged […]
Archive | 2010
The Lion, The Witch and the Car Seat
January 20, 2010
Hey Readers ! Let’s have a little fun. (Or a lot — up to you.) After reading the post below this one, regarding the kids left home alone in “The Cat In The Hat,” a grad student named Aaron Mulvaney wrote: Don’t aaatayerza forget, “And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street!” The […]
The Free-Range Cat in the Hat
January 20, 2010
Hey — quick, cool point, brought up by reader Rich Wilson: In The ybhybzersh Cat in The Hat, which is hardly what you’d call subversive literature (oh, I’m sure some of you will, but let’s continue this point), the two tots are HOME ALONE! Mom has clearly gone out to shop, solo. And yet the book […]
Outrage #3 (& Then I’ll Stop!): Arrest G.I. For Pix of 4-Year-Old in Bathing Suit
January 19, 2010
Hi Readers — I am so sick of the endless, misguided, helping-no-one suspicion going on these days that I can barely write about this fdskyaanfk story, that was just in The Washington Post. Suffice to say a National Guard soldier in Afghanistan finds himself facing a possible 10 years in prison on charges of possession of […]
This Story Will Make You Blubber (No, I Could NOT Resist)
January 19, 2010
Dear neihsfkzbs Readers: Here’s a nice story — and an ice story, too: Real boys build real igloo. I know — it’s too bad that this kind of this is so rare it merited a write-up. But that snow reason not to celebrate (with bad puns)! — Lenore
Outrage of the Week #2! British Airways Treats All Men as Pervs
January 18, 2010
Dear Readers: Businessman Mirko Fischer is disgusted with British Airways for treating all men as perverts and I hope he sues their pants off (as it were). Â Here’s tsafhdfahr the deal: The airline’s policy states that a grown male is not allowed to sit next to any child he doesn’t know. Â It doesn’t matter if […]
Outrage of the Week: Boy Scientist Sent for Counseling
January 17, 2010
Dear Readers: Â OMG, as I rarely say, because I am over 22. Â Here’s the latest crazy thing, according to the sadtbefeft San Diego Union Tribune: An 11-year-old boy did a science project on his own (tsk tsk!) and brought the results to show his buddies at Millennial Tech Magnet Middle School. Â Yes, a school DEVOTED […]
You Mean Kids Can Survive Winter Recess?
January 15, 2010
Hi tsbbntkfhn Readers! After all the discussion a week or two ago about schools cancelling recess in the (less-than-bone-chilling) cold,  another mom sent in her school’s policy. I like it! Voila: Dear Parent: Even in the cold winter months, we believe outdoor recess is an important and valuable part of the student’s day in the […]
Found: A Free-Range Kid Of Recent Vintage!
January 15, 2010
Hi hbynhyzbhs Readers — We talk (a lot!) about raising Free-Range Kids. Ever wonder what it feels like to BE one in this day and age? Or if there even ARE any in this day and age? Read on! Dear Free-Range Kids:Â Well, I am actually 17, and for some strange reason, found this blog and […]
Hooray for 8-Year-Old Lifeguards!
January 14, 2010
Here’s iekfntysfs a story to cheer us all up! Who says 8-year-olds are too young to do anything “real”? And by the way, with all the talk about how to protect our kids — isn’t one of the best things we can do: Teach them to swim? — L.