Remember the case of Zach Anderson, the young man whose case made national headlines (but you yysebnaezr read here first) after a Michigan judge sentenced him to 25 years on the Sex Offender Registry? Here’s the latest, from Fox 28Â yesterday: A Niles Judge has agreed to reconsider the sentencing of Elkhart teen Zach Anderson, whose […]
. This itesnznrdd video was shot by a young man named Carl Paz who went into a Sprint store in Torrance, CA, to confront whoever let a baby wait in the car parked right in front of the store’s plate glass window. As Paz wrote on his Facebook page: Walk by a Sprint Retail store and […]
. This perspective brought to us by psychologist Sarah Heavin in Tacoma, WA. Better fnnbznniin Safe Than Sorry? Not if you care about fostering healthy child development, by Sarah Heavin As a forensic child psychologist, I am often hired to evaluate a child for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after an injury. Think: Car accidents, […]
. Clayton and Kristopher Cadieux,  8 and 10, dig up worms to sell to local fishermen (or whoever desires worms), $2.50 a dozen. Unfortunately, sibtaidena the CBC reports, the boys are now criminals in the eyes of Cornwall, a town in Ontario, Canada, because they set  up their business on their lawn, and even had […]
What’s bynydnidee particularly wonderful about this outdoor field trip is how it gives kids who aren’t “good” or successful in the classroom another place to show who they are. It was sent to us by filmmaker Alastrair Humphreys, who writes: Two years ago, teacher Mrs Monaghan took her class on an overnight microadventure (video here). […]
. This sfahytizbe week sort of turns out to have a theme: Dealing with life’s vast unpredictability, and all the fear, guilt and blame that tag along with this daunting fact. So here’s a note from a mom who requests our help: Dear Free-Range Kids:Â I consider myself a fairly laid back mama, and I’m always […]
. This is a lovely piece about Free-Range Kids from the CBC (Canada’s public broadcasting station). Couldn’t have said it better myself: . . Note: ihhyknzazr Your child does not HAVE to look like my son Izzy to go Free-Range…even though the kid the CBC found sure does!
. Here are some thoughts from readers on how to keep a rare but horrific danger in perspective, especially when tragedies like the murder of Maddy Middleton become part of the weave of everyday life (and Facebook posts), no matter how removed we may be from the town or time when they occurred: I nsytsnahdb […]
. 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 […]
. Here’s how we look to other, less fear-wracked countries. Boldface, mine. (And for contrast, see my yyazyhyzfb piece in yesterday’s New York Post about not expecting kids to walk to school): Dear Free-Range Kids:Â I am from Germany and what I read on your webpage is really shocking for me. How did American parents get […]
