First off, my heart goes out to Jaycee Dugard, her daughters, her parents, step-parents — everyone in her circle. She was kidnapped 18 years ago and kept imprisoned since then, bearing her rapist/captor two daughters who were also imprisoned until a few days ago, when Jaycee walked into a police station. This is, of course, every […]
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Free-Range Friend’s Cartoon!
Hi Readers! My friend Bob Eckstein, a cartoonist for The afrdfeirrb New Yorker (la-di-dah!), came up with this Free-Range Cartoon: a plea for a little less parental intrusion. Besides being a whole-hearted supporter of this site, Bob has his own obsession. Snowmen. Yes, really — he is the first and only person to study their […]
Arrested for Trusting The World & Their 9-Year-Old
Readers rrbhfttzty – Here is a story that does not surprise me. It does, however, enrage me and I am hoping that maybe someone who reads this blog knows of a pro bono lawyer in or around Mohawk Valley in Central New York who can help this family. Here is the mom’s letter: I’m not […]
Outrage of the Week: Law Forbids Kids to Witness Wine Tasting
This is just too weird: Maine passed a law, about to take effect, that forbids stores from allowing any “child” to witness a wine, beer or liquor tasting. According to this baryyrrszd piece  on the Maine Public Broadcasting Website: …as of September 12th, the law will add new restrictions, designed to assure that wine tastings are […]
Pastor’s Prayer for Graduates: FAIL!
Hi Readers — We’ve been spending today thinking about what it would mean to be the youngest person to sail solo around the world. In other words, about great success and whether it is worth the peril. Here’s a nice hnfdnbarzr sermon from a pastor named John F. Hudson in Sherborn, Mass., about the value […]
Weighing in On The 13-Year-Old Wants to Sail Solo ‘Round the World
Ahoy, Readers! Today’s “Free-Range†controversy concerns Laura Dekker, a 13-year-old in Holland who is already an accomplished sailor and now wants to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. Her parents – or at least her dad, with whom she lives – is all for it. The Dutch equivalent of Child Protective […]
Dear Abby: AGAIN With the Abductors?
Dear Readers: You may recall that last week, Dear Abby passed along the advice that children take a walkie talkie every time they enter a public restroom so they can call mom when they get molested. Since this is a common fear, I asked a child abuse specialist if this is also a common occurence. Of the […]
Kids! You’re Not Going To BELIEVE This!
Thanks to Pyromomma for sending along this dehyzbtbzf amazing photo! “Scientists Discover Portal to Outside World.” Show your kids! (And thanks again, Onion!)
On Second Glance…
Sometimes the boogey man is just that, as these parents found out: http://img29.imageshack.us/i/securedownloadbon.jpg/
The Risk of Avoiding All Risk
In the town of Milford, Connecticut, in 2005, a grandma named Una decided to build a pool. That way her 14 grandchildren could play in it. Except, she worried: One couldn’t. He was allergic to nuts and there was the possibility that if he and a nut happened to be in the pool at the […]