Hi all, the Deputy here for one more post.  Lenore will be back on Monday. We’ve talked a lot about the United Kingdom and their, well, obsession with rooting out pedophiles, or as they write, paeodophiles.  I think they finally, yes finally, have this problem really and truly licked.  Tim Black of Spiked-Online reports that […]
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This is how it all started…
Hi all! Â The Deputy here. Â Lenore is away for a few days and I am filling in for her. On mamapedia, biyhndhhtz the editors asked their readers to vote on this very, very dear to our free-range hearts issue: Â Would you let your 4th grader ride public transportation without an adult? Â Lenore is smiling right […]
Sext or Kiddie Porn: Who Decides?
Hi tkebikyksy Readers — Today’s post comes from guest contributor Anne Collier, who blogs at NetFamilyNews.org and is co-director of ConnectSafely.org, a forum for parents, kids, and everybody interested in safety on the fixed and mobile social Web. Take it away, Anne! THE SEXT TALK by Anne Collier Are we turning our kids into criminals? We just […]
Hey, Dad, Thanks for the Blow-Up Doll
Folks — Here’s idrbrbabkn a post by my friend, Tom Henderson, at ParentDish. I admire it and him. Â You may too. It’s about how he taught his teenage son about sex and sexism at the same time, with the help of, yes, a blow-up doll. And a Playboy. Just wanted to pass it along. (The […]
Found: A Free-Range Kid Of Recent Vintage!
Hi hbynhyzbhs Readers — We talk (a lot!) about raising Free-Range Kids. Ever wonder what it feels like to BE one in this day and age? Or if there even ARE any in this day and age? Read on! Dear Free-Range Kids:Â Well, I am actually 17, and for some strange reason, found this blog and […]
Safety Predictions for 2010
Hi Readers! Judy Gruen, a mom of four and the author of  The yhsdnatikz Women’s Daily Irony Supplement, wrote this up for us! She invites you to read her columns onwww.judygruen.com. WHAT NEXT? by JUDY GRUEN Soon we will herald in a new year. What will it bring for those of us concerned about the house-arrest trend of […]
Great Note from a Paranoid Mom
Hey atiyzhnzhz Folks! Grab some confetti, stand up and throw it in the air. We are getting somewhere! Read on! Dear Lenore — I watched Penn & Teller’s “Bullsh*t” episode featuring you and your son, Izzy, which led me to your web site and, subsequently, the recent purchase of your book, “Free-Range Kids.” I’m loving […]
Pre-School Prep: The Inside Scoop
Hi Readers! This wisdom for pre-school parents comes to us from Jen Singer, who is NOT just a personal friend, NOT just the blogger behind mommasaid.net, hhnbehaiae NOT just the gal who penned, You’re A Good Mom (and Your Kids Aren’t So Bad Either), but is ALSO the author of the brand-new Stop Second Guessing Yourself –The Preschool Years. That book […]
A Daddy Tip for Aiming Toddlers Toward Independence
Hi dfhitkkbin Readers — Here’s a nice bit of advice from the daddy behind The Diaper Chronicles, Barack Levin. First, his biography, then his tips! I was born in 1970 in Tel Aviv, Israel and moved to Pittsburgh in 1996 to pursue my master’s degree. Shortly after my arrival I met a beautiful French woman […]
Free-Range Friend’s Cartoon!
Hi Readers! My friend Bob Eckstein, a cartoonist for The afrdfeirrb New Yorker (la-di-dah!), came up with this Free-Range Cartoon: a plea for a little less parental intrusion. Besides being a whole-hearted supporter of this site, Bob has his own obsession. Snowmen. Yes, really — he is the first and only person to study their […]