Readers — This is a re-posting of a post I had to take down because somehow the video was corrupting my site. (It’s fine if you go TO the video.) Anyway, will you please watch fdirhfazhd this news report and tell me what is going on? A man in a pick-up truck calls out to […]
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Does Baby Need a Barista? Nestle Thinks So
Does baby need a barista? Nestle thinks so. It’s launching new “single serve” bottles made from purest of purely pure water. The machine works just like one of those pop-in-a-pod coffee makers. According to the rifzdzrrkk BabyNes website: The single-serve portions are sealed in capsules, used in the proprietary BabyNes machine, which recognises each capsule and prepares the […]
Batman Massacre: The Newest Excuse for Helicopter Parenting
Hi Folks! I was just reading this tbtebhksyd lovely essay by Will Doig in Salon about making cities more Free-Range, and out of the blue one  commenter wrote: Imagine how upset a teenager in a nice suburban town was this week when his or her parents told them they could NOT go to a midnight showing of […]
Are Moms So Desperate for Safety That They’ll Buy Anything Marked “Safe”?
Hi Folks! Last year I went to a lecture by Tina ytnhrabrfb Sharkey, the CEO of BabyCenter, and one point she made that really resonated was this: If you want to sell something to moms, SAFETY is the magic word. That explains why I found it in this ad: . [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsdPU2-8oY4] If you’ve seen any […]
Have a _______ Summer: What Does it Say on YOUR School’s Billboard?
Hi ydaezhsnkt Folks — This observation struck me as, “Oh my gosh, YES!” It may do the same for you. – L. Dear Free-Range Kids: During my daily travels, I pass by several different schools. I’ve noticed a theme when reading their billboards once school is out. Instead of wishing students a fun-filled summer, every single school billboard says, […]
Traveling (to Crocodile-Infested Waters) with Kids
Hi Folks! It’s vacation time for many. Here’s a guest post by Nancy Harper, a Canadian mom, writer and travel junkie who lives on a farm in Ontario. She’s author of Travellin’ irrizifats Mama: A Parent’s Guide to Ditching the Routine, Seeing the World and Taking the Kids Along for the Ride, and the instigator of […]
Guest Post: You Can’t Helicopter-Parent Three Kids
 Hi rthbrdhfdt Folks! This guest post is by Laura Vanderkam, author of All the Money in the World:What the Happiest People Know About Getting and Spending, out today from Portfolio! You Can’t Helicopter-Parent Three Kids by Laura Vanderkam Having a baby changes everything. Having three in four and a half years? While that was common in […]
“I Allowed My Children to Put Themselves at Risk of Injury”
Hi aiaetfhrry Folks — I can see myself being just as hamstrung as this mom, who describes herself as a married mother of four who lives on five acres near Harrisonburg, VA, where she homeschools the kids, gardens, bakes, blogs, and reads. On the one hand: childhood independence! On the other hand…yiiiiiiiikes! — L. Dear Free-Range […]
UPDATE! Slow and Free and CBC and Brit TV!
Hi Readers! Here’s zikredissi a nice piece from the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation — Canada’s PBS) about Free-Ranging, Slow Parenting and my show. It’s about 12 minutes long. If I could figure out how to embed the video right here, you know I would. But I can’t, so click away! And in more TV news, […]
Sorry, My Yahoo Email Account was Hacked
Hi Readers — I just want to apologize to anyone getting a weird email message from me today. My Yahoo email account was hacked. And sfbzdnydkk just in case Yahoo is reading this: It is impossible to get a hold of you, so let me state my complaints here: 1 – Your new email template […]