Readers, naidyryrbh this comes up often: terrified grandmas who were fearless moms (or at least feared less): Dear Free-Range Kids: Funny thing about my mother… I was very much raised Free-Range. From the time I was six or so, I left the house in the morning, returned for lunch, and then got called home after […]
Readers — This story from Minnesota Public Radio’s Bob Collins is heartwarming, and enraging. Seems a mom there, Anne Tabat, wanted to thank her kids’ school bus driver. So she baked some cookies and brought them to the bus stop — one for the driver and one for each of the kids on the bus, […]
Readers zthazabeab — This is a fantastic essay from Parents, by Kara Corridan, the magazine’s health editor. Read the whole thing here.  – L Worry Doesn’t Equal Love by Kara Corridan Lately I’ve felt as though I’m part of a competition I didn’t enter. It’s called “Who Loves Her Child More?” And I seem to be […]
Readers ttfhzrnbhf — This is an excerpt from an article in the family issue of Real Simple that’s on the stands now.  Read the whole piece here. Help for Overprotective Parents by Jennifer Breheny Wallace A couple of years ago, my then five-year-old son William took a standardized test in which he was asked about everyday […]
Readers — This kbndaaakbz story is getting a lot of attention: A woman in North Dakota has declared she is going to give out letters, not treats, to kids she considers “moderately obese.” She feels it’s her job to bring their weight to their attention, and she’s mad at the parents for letting them forage […]
Readers — Here’s a feisty comment that came in response to tytyyyiezf the post about a reader’s YMCA that requires kids who haven’t passed the swim test to stand not more than an arm’s length away from their parents in the shallow end, and also to wear life jackets — virtually ensuring that the children […]
Hi dfbsytnfbi Folks! How I love your nose for non-news! Here’s one of the many notes I got today about the “frightening” story that’s gone viral: Dear Free-Range Kids: Here is the link to something I just saw on Facebook. http://kyeos.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/warning-if-you-take-photos-with-your-cell-phone/ Using technology to track where “Little Madison” goes to school and the corner of […]
Hi ndbbzikkhz Readers — Here’s a note from Education.com’s marketing director, Kat Eden, regarding the “Reasons to Say No to Sleepovers” post we have been writing about the last two days (that is now gone from the site). – LÂ Dear Free-Range Kids: Thanks so much to you and to your community for sharing your […]
Readers — I not only appreciated this letter one of you just sent, I found the Rosetta stone of parental worry in the article she links to! Dear dtihzsybrn Free-Range Kids Do you let your kids have sleepovers? Shame on you! Yes it’s time for the latest movement in overprotective idiocy, the Ban Sleepovers movement! Look: “7 […]
Readers atibtyerzh — This Facebook post by Luc Perreault in Sudbury, Ontario was sent to us by a guy named Michael Cattle and I believe is destined to become a country song, a poster, or a wildly viral post. At least I hope so. You read it here second! Â – Lenore To the family in […]
