THIS SUNDAY, Dec. 2: Join Jon Haidt and me for a “LET GROW” FAMILIES MEET-UP in Washington Square. Kids will go to the playground while parents hang back and chat! Free signed “Coddling” or “Free-Range Kids” book to first few families! Please share! https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-smCbhgbW/events/256754702/ …
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All the joy of the season…is Scrooged by folks who post things like this, from a Facebook page in New Hampshire. Join the discussion at Let Grow!
When almost a third of all young people who start college don’t return, there must be a reason. An opinion piece in The New York Times states baldly, “We expect students to go from parental control to near-total freedom.” Click here to go to Let Grow to discuss the stunting effects of overprotection. Photo from Unsplash by @AlexisRBrown
And it’s not about fear — it’s about discovering what you love, as a kid! Check out the clip and our short analysis over at Let Grow — here’s the link!
Over at Let Grow we’re discussing this phenom — the kiddie table separate from the grownups — and if it’s dying out. There’s a survey to take, too. No matter how you carve up the family (as in seating arrangements, that is), have a great Thanksgiving!
A mom is venting over at Let Grow. Vent along — it’s Friday! Here’s the link!
Our response to school shootings is creating its own damage, says Megan McArdle in The Washington Post. How and why to keep perspective, discussed over at Let Grow! Photo from Wikimedia Commons, by ZiggyFan23.
When people are training to be doctors (I’m told), they are instructed, “When you hear hoofbeats, assume horses, not zebras.” The idea being that most likely they are seeing something very common (say, a cold) than something outlandishly rare (like beriberi). Someone in Brighton, England, could have used that lesson. Earlier this week someone called the police to report witnessing a possible child abduction in broad daylight in a shopping center parking lot. The truth turned out to be, metaphorically, a horse, not a zebra. Here’s the story, over at Let Grow.
A mom returning from Germany to the U.S. worries she will have to helicopter her child because she can’t buck the social norms. We understand. So at Let Grow, we have created two social-norm changing initiatives that are easy, fast and free. Check out this blog post, which explains them!
What does it take to make an Olympian? Ask the town of Norwich, VT — or Karen Crouse, the reporter who wrote a book about how they raise their kids there! An excerpt is over at Let Grow.! Slalom over!