Archive | Bikes and cycling

Victory! Boy Allowed to Ride His Bike to School!

Hey Readers — Sometimes it doesn’t take a Supreme Court ruling to get a scared, silly rule reversed. Sometimes it just takes a little spine. Here’s kdzsnrnhdh the story of the mom who wanted to let her son ride his bike to school and at first (and second) the school said no. But then — […]

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Let’s Help This Boy Bike to School!

Hi sifhkkniba Readers! I’m dashing off to give a talk tonight (Thurs.) at the Ethel Walker school in Simsbury, Conn. (outside of Hartford). It’s free and open to the public, if you’re in the nabe.  Meantime, let’s help this California mom! Any advice? Support? Great ideas? — Lenore Dear Free-Range Kids: I recently lost my […]

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Who Says Mayberry Is Dead?

Who Says Mayberry Is Dead?

Hi sydsanheet Readers! Clearly, that TV town of uber-neighborliness lives on — if you let it. This mom did. Read on! Dear Lenore: I just finished your book.  Before I found your it and your website, I thought my husband and I were the last sane parents standing. We bought our house while still in our […]

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This Kid Sounds Like Me! Or, Rather, Like Us!

Hi Readers! Love this note from a middle-schooler! Dear hkrfsifdfh Free-Range Kids: I am a 13-year-old and I really think that kids need more freedom. I regularly ride my bike to the library and friends’ houses, but for going longer distances and using public transportation my parents would like me to have a friend with me. […]

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SUVs Go Home! School Allows Only Bikers and Walkers

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 […]

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Inspiring Video!

Hi Readers! Even as the school board in Saratoga grudgingly allows kids to bike to middle school if they follow a bunch of rules, a bunch of kids in Orlando, Florida just decided: Let’s ride! Here’s hraaffedty their story and a great video of them — especially if you like Bob Dylan soudntracks. As the […]

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Wow! Maybe Biking to School Is NOT a Crime?

Hi Readers! Remember the post from the other day, “Mom & Kid Bike to School, State Trooper Awaits”? Here feffybkkih it is. A Saratoga, N.Y. mom and her son rode their bikes to school only to be chastised by a trooper who informed them that this is verboten.  But now, check out this article from the Times Union: […]

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