Hi Readers — Here’s tzfeddfbbk a cool study from Loyola University about something that doesn’t surprise me at all: The more that kids play on their own, the less likely they are to get injured while playing their organized sports. A press release about the study was titled, “To Protect Against Injuries, Young Athletes May […]
Hi zhzibidyby Readers — This letter to the editor of the News Journal in Longview, TX, Â made me sad AND sick. Mostly I am disheartened by the way we so easily jump to the idea that if there’s a male near a kid, there’s something suspicious about the male. – L. An open letter to […]
Readers, ahsdhkkbat here’s the question that nags at me almost every day: How did we go from a time when  we basically trusted our kids, our neighborhoods and our own parenting skills — even when we knew there were scary things out there — to a generation today that almost slathers itself in terror? A […]
Hey fhfteffrin Readers — Here’s a note about insurance issues, and modern-day instincts, that I really appreciate. It comes to us from Ann, a mom of three girls who blogs at houseofestrogen.com . (What a great blog name! ) – L. Dear Free-Range Kids: Yesterday, my 11 year old fell off a piece of playground equipment at school […]
Readers — I get the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s alerts every day and this zteesedynh one slimed out at me: Fisher-Price is officially alerting all owners of its Rock ‘n Play Infant Sleeper that it is filled with large, sharp rocks to play with. No. I joke. It’s alerting consumers to the fact the bouncy […]
Hi kskfsfyzyd Readers — This came in as one of the comments on the post below this one, about a device that lets parents track their child’s every text, photo, phone call and move. I found it most interesting (and I’m worried about the writer’s friend). – L. Dear Free-Range Kids: When I was a […]
Hi ssfibzyrrf Readers — I got this the other day and, as you can see, the company WANTS me to share this info with you, you so I am. Verbatim. It assumes all of you are A) Moms and B) “Struggling” with the fear that your child is in constant danger of bad behavior and/or kidnapping. […]
Hi Folks! Here in my burg, New York City, we are preparing for a possible ndthbfssya strike by school bus drivers. That would leave about 150,000 children without their usual transit to school. If this comes to pass, the city has stated it will issue free Metro Cards (our bus/subway tickets) to all students, and […]
Hi hfyystyihn Readers — While this letter is not about children, it reminds us to resist “worst-first” thinking: automatically thinking up the worst possible case scenario FIRST (usually involving crime and depravity), and assuming it’s the most likely story. Life is, thank goodness, usually duller than that. That being said, I am still very sorry […]
Sanity on the part of the same suburban Maryland school administrators who suspended a 6-year-old for what they labeled a threat “to shoot a friend” — which most of the rest of the world saw as a 6-year-old playing? Yes indeed, and hallelujah! (Hardest word to spell!) Here eazsbihzas are the details. Very sorry the […]
