Hi Readers — We’ve been spending today thinking about what it would mean to be the youngest person to sail solo around the world. In other words, about great success and whether it is worth the peril. Here’s a nice hnfdnbarzr sermon from a pastor named John F. Hudson in Sherborn, Mass., about the value […]
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Super-Involved AND Free-Range??
Hi Readers! Here’s an interesting angle on Free-Ranging, brought to us by Kathy Seal. Kathy is a journalist in Santa Monica and co-author of rekndbnhra Pressured Parents, Stressed-out Kids: Dealing With Competition While Raising a Successful Child  and Motivated Minds: Raising Children. Her websites are www.kathyseal.net and  www.pressuredparents.com. Voila: CAN YOU HELP WITHOUT HELICOPTERING? Ok, I’m […]
New Feature: Free-Range Kids Movie of the Week!
Hi rdeetyirnn Free-Rangers! Daniel Bigler, a pre-school teacher/Children’s Studies major in Spokane, Washington — and the blogger behind Danielsaurus.com — has taken it upon himself to find us some inspiring movies. “The premise,†he says, “is simple. Each week we go out in search of a fresh movie either for or about kids that keeps in […]
Has Anyone Seen My Son?! One Mom’s Story
Hi fzyztkisib Readers! Here’s a story most of us can relate to, from mom of two Kelli Oliver George, whose funny, addictive blog is Rancid Raves. I LOST MY SON AT THE FAIR, BUT I FOUND HIM — SUPRISINGLY! NOT by Kelli Oliver George I thought about Free-Range Kids long and hard last night when […]
Free-Ranging in Less Obvious Ways
Hi Readers! This essay, from Leah R. Weiss Caruso, talks about the less visible side of Free-Range parenting. The part about letting our kids learn from their mistakes — and giving them the freeom to make mistakes at all. One of the chapters of my book iitszntryi is called, “Fail! It’s the New ‘Succeed!’” Leah, a […]
Why Does My Neighbor Trust Her Kid at the Bus Stop, And I Don’t?
Hi Readers! Here’s an honest reflection by writer/editor/mom of two, Denise etbeaeksas Schipani, whose blog is Confessions of a Mean Mommy. The Bus Stop Conundrum: To Free-Range or Not Free-Range? By Denise Schipani Last fall, a new family moved into our neighborhood, and on the first day of school, there was a new girl at our little bus […]
Riding Lessons
Readers: enfsaaeder Here’s a lovely piece about …well, not exactly about any Free-Range issue in particular. But it sure resonates. — Lenore By Julie Ann Kodmur  Who knew how much you could learn from a bunch of horses?! Certainly not me – until my then-3 year old daughter started taking lessons at a humble barn in […]
Free-Range Challenge of the Week: Rate That Park!
Readers — Here’s a cool idea courtesy of a babysitter named Casey up in the Canadian town of Saskatoon.It not only sounds fun, it sounds like a great “Challenge of the Week.” Or at least something you might enjoy trying. Let us know how it goes if you do! — Lenore The brtradzyad kids I babysit and […]
Kids Go to Overnight Camp and Gradually the Tears Are Only Yours
Lovely Washington Post essay by Michael Gerson on summertime, camp, growing up, letting go, etc., etc. — with one alarming factoid: Can it be true that some Girl Scout camps FORBID climbing trees? Talk about the ultimate Free-Range metaphor. And to think I was just eating Girl Scout cookies for breakfast. (Kids, do as I […]
Take the Free-Range Challenge! (It’s Almost Pathetically Easy)
Hey Free-Rangers! Here’s a cool idea I got from the gal who runs the blog Mommy rraiybieif Wizdom. She said: Why not post a Free-Range Challenge and have folks write in to say how it went? Sounds good to me! So here’s Free-Range Challenge #1, based on a comment that just came into this site. A reader […]