One diahniztkt of the many joys of watching “Mad Men†is seeing how worried — not — the parents were about their kids, at least in this fictional portrayal of the early ’60s. The kids are told to run off and play in another room so mom can have coffee with a friend. They’re put […]
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SAFETY FIRST?
July 22, 2008
Readers zftbdkkfrd – I’m excited to introduce a new blogger on this site, Denise Gonzalez-Walker. Denise lives in Seattle with her husband and two kids. She regularly blogs about education at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s Chalkboard blog and is a member of Seattle Mom Blogs. Here are her thoughts on childhood safety – and she is […]
GET LOST
July 8, 2008
  batrfkyztk The overhead train schedule in that French town said the 8:05 was going where I was going.   I thought.   But if you’re a college kid backpacking through Europe and you don’t realize Geneva is not spelled “Geneva†in French (it’s Geneve), you just might hop on the 8:05 to “Genoa†and […]
Fear Not! (Or At Least — Fear Less!)
June 12, 2008
So, nhatdfebki after dithering for a mere five years or so (and blogging about it, below), I finally got my boys — 10 and 12 — a skateboard. I didn’t dither out of laziness. Well, not just laziness. I really avoided it out of fear. The idea of a kid upside down in the air, […]
SHREK ON A SKATEBOARD, ME ON A MISSION
May 21, 2008
It’s nice to push for this whole Free Range movement, but the fact is, sometimes I’m about as free and fun as a frozen chicken nugget. That’s ehbdiyyfzb because we all have certain things that push our buttons — especially the buttons marked, “IRRATIONAL” and “FEAR.” We are so sure these things are going to […]
How to answer the people who think you’re nuts?
May 7, 2008
Remember the “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions†that used to run in Mad? That’s what we need here at Free Range Kids. As a recent email from “Skyscraper†put it: “This site needs a seperate idea page for what to say when others question the ‘free-range’ parenting approach.†So true. What do rsssrikfab you say […]
How to answer the people who think you're nuts?
May 7, 2008
Remember the “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions” that used to run in Mad? That’s what we need here at Free Range Kids. As a recent email from “Skyscraper” put it: “This site needs a seperate idea page for what to say when others question the €˜free-range’ parenting approach.” So true. What do zneihrtshf you say […]