Two Minnesota lawmakers are stirring things up with a sweet bill inspired by a sour incident last summer. Quench your curiosity over at Let Grow!
Author: lskenazy
“After all, having children in the first place has the potential to invite some unsafe situations, given today’s world.” Oh how true. More over at Let Grow.
And here it is! At Let Grow!
Let she who has never mis-buckled a carseat cast the first stone. The story is here, at Let Grow.
It is getting harder and harder to give kids the one thing their minds and bodies really need: Free time — play time. Without it, they wither. Let Grow has an easy way to give it back.
When Noblesville, Indiana, cops got a call about kids sledding dangerously, they went out to investigate. Boy did they ever! See the video here!
The Ben Barber Innovation Academy in Mansfield, TX, came up with a great, clever, win/win way to get high school kids doing something that is engaging and formative: RUN THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA! As a restaurant! Read about it here at Let Grow — and maybe have your school try it!
Come read the legal waiver a Chicago couple had to sign before their local therapy office would let their child, age 8, walk ONE BLOCK home alone. It’s here at Let Grow! Photo courtesy of howtostartablogonline.net/legal.
When we are forced to treat our kids as if they are in danger and incompetent, we are — against our will– infantilizing them. This is done in the name of “safety.” But are kids safer when they are anxious and believe the world is too much for them? Join the conversation here at Let Grow. Tomorrow we’ll have Part 2 of the story.
A young man writes to tell us — and the world. Basically, it feels like you’re trapped, distrusted and infantilized. Read his words!