Hi ezhhfrastb Folks — This just in from a town outside of Georgia. (That’s the American Georgia, for all our international readers!) A “Webelo Scout” is a youngster on the cusp between Cub and Boy Scout. My son is Webelo scout and earned his whittling chit last year. This year I volunteered at the district […]
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Free-Range AND Obsessive-Compulsive?
 Hi frzykshfdy Readers! Here’s a little note I got that I thought you might like, too. Dear Free-Range Kids: As the pseudo-aunt of a 2.5 year old nephew and 4 day (yes, DAY!) old niece, and as someone who wants children of her own, it is so refreshing to hear your point of view. My […]
“Stop the Swing Completely Before Getting Off”
So you think you know how to swing, kid? Sure, sure — everyone thinks they do: “You get on, you swing.” Yeah. And brain surgery is, “You open the top, you put in the marbles.” Listen, it’s hnsarkyskt not that simple. If it was, everyone would be doing it! Luckily for you, The National Program for Playground Safety has come up […]
For Your Listening Pleasure
A message most schools are probably copying word for word right now. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C5Rnb7J3sU]
Just When You Thought it Was Safe to Play on the Lawn…
Hi Free-Rangers: Here’s a brand new fear to leave you with for the weekend: kbdfakdnhh “Raccoon Latrines Pose Risk to Kids.” A new risk? OMG! Lock up the kids! Reader Lorie McGraw found this article explaining — in great detail — how these “latrines,†found all over suburbia, get filled with…what you’d expect. (Put down […]
Yikes! A Speech!!
Next Tuesday is Pres. Obama’s speech to children, urging them to stay in school and read books and, for all I know, brush their teeth. It’s about that controversial…or so you’d think. But of course, nothing is uncontroversial in these hyper-umbrage-taking days, so we’re hearing from some parents and school administrators and concerned citizens that […]
Kids Off to College? Stalk ‘Em With Social Media!
Good news! “Twitter, nzhdbakkyd Facebook Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Age Kids.” (Thank you again, Onion! And thank you, those who sent this video in.) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu4zMvE6FH4]
Outrage of the Week: Background Checks Required for IVF
Oh darn! Just when you thought you could inject yourself with hormones every day for about 2 months, bloat like a beachball, have your eggs monitored and retrieved (after loads of blood tests) to then be fertilized in a test tube and plunged back into your womb at about $15,000 a pop so you could,  hopefully, get pregnant, give birth and […]
The School Bus, The Kid and Mom
Cute For Better or For Worse comic that somehow seems very appropriate! — Lenore Enjoy!
Kids! You’re Not Going To BELIEVE This!
Thanks to Pyromomma for sending along this dehyzbtbzf amazing photo! “Scientists Discover Portal to Outside World.” Show your kids! (And thanks again, Onion!)