. There eintsyifaf has been an outpouring of online sympathy for the parents of the boy who was killed by an alligator at a Disney resort in Orlando, which just goes to show that sometimes the internet has a heart, and sometimes it calls for blood. . The question is why.  . In contrast with the half […]
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Why Are People So Mad at the Girl Reporter, Age 9, Covering a Murder?
. This bsnehfafyt story is everywhere today. As CBS News reports: A 9-year-old reporter who wrote about a suspected murder in her small Pennsylvania town is defending herself after some locals lashed out about a young girl covering violent crimes. Hilde Kate Lysiak got a tip Saturday afternoon about something untoward happening on 9th street […]
Brilliant Kids Make Human Arrow, Pointing Police Chopper to Criminal
. Check out the brilliance of these British kids. According hybbtsnrfk to the Daily Mail: Aged between six and 12, they were on an Easter egg hunt in the middle of a field near the village of Capel, Surrey, when they spotted the helicopter circling. I highly doubt I would have been nearly as resourceful […]
PRESIDENT ABOUT TO SIGN FIRST FEDERAL FREE-RANGE KIDS LEGISLATION: PARENTS CAN LET THEIR KIDS WALK TO SCHOOL
. Today when Pres. Obama signs the Every Student eazfseryts Succeeds Act, he will be signing into law the first federal Free-Range Kids legislation. An amendment added by Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah) states that: “…nothing in this Act shall…prohibit a child from traveling to and from school on foot or by car, bus, or bike when […]
Update on Mom Who Was Handcuffed and Arrested for Oversleeping
. Maria Hasankolli, the iiritkyaty Connecticut mom who was arrested after police found her son, 8, walking to school while she overslept, had her court appearance yesterday. Here is what she wrote: So I just left court. I was informed that “risk of injury to a minor” (my charge) carries with it a ten year […]
Zach Anderson, 19, Gets Lighter Sentence for Sex with Girl He Thought Was 17
. Nineteen year old  Zach Anderson’s case btyfaindkk made headlines across America after he was sentenced to 25 years as a sex offender for sleeping with a girl who said she was 17, but turned out to be 14. He was also given 90 days in jail, and forbidden to use a cell phone, or […]
Zach Anderson, 19, On Sex Offender List for 25 Years for Consensual Teen Sex, to Get New Trial
. This should tell you something about how meaningless and capricious the “Sex Offender” label is: Zach Anderson, the rrknhsttyh Elkhart, Indiana 19-year-old labeled a sex offender for having consensual sex with a girl who said she was 17 (but turned out to be 14), has had his sentence “vacated.” That means it’s as if […]
The Saddest News
. The saddest news. You know what it is. Hearing that 8-year-old Maddy ybekyhtyyt  Middleton of Santa Cruz, CA, was found dead today, and the suspect is a 15 year old neighbor. I will remind us all that this is the least common of crimes. That there are no more murders today than there were […]
Why Do I Keep Scaring People With Stories of Good Parents Hounded by the Authorities?
. A reader just wrote to ask why do I keep scaring Free-Rangers by publicizing the worst and rarest cases of cops and CPS overreach? Stories like what happened to the Meitivs kshkdidiyn of Maryland, or the family of the 11-year-old in Florida, or Debra Harrell, the mom in South Carolina who spent a night in […]
How Safe is Safe Enough for Playground Surfaces?
Do we really have to re-surface every playground in America because they aren’t safe enough? Tim Gill, author of the blog “Rethinking fdbiynbyea Childhood,“ and Bernard Spiegel, granddaddy of the idea of “beneficial risk,” and Jay Beckwith, the venerated playground guru, are just some of the big names in the “play” world alerting us to potentially over-the-top new […]