“Parents, please go out of your minds with fear about an extremely remote danger we are exploiting to get your love and votes.” Ah, if only politicians were that plainspoken. Instead, we have a pileup of New York state senators and now the Governor himself, Andrew Cuomo, stumbling over themselves to create new legislation […]
Archive | Sex Offender Issues
What is the Most Common Age of a Sex Offender? (Surprise!)
. Readers, here’s my zirtkzhfsk piece on sex offender laws that’s in today’s New York Post. If you have sons, it might give you pause. Bogus ‘sex offender’ labels are ruining lives by Lenore Skenazy What’s the most common age of sex-offenders? It’s not a trick question, but unless you follow this stuff closely you’ll almost certainly […]
Alton Sterling: A Sex Offender Rendered Human Again by His Shocking Death
. Only arbehfrbin in death, it seems, can a sex offender on the registry be considered a human worthy of love and sympathy. Â . Alton Sterling, the 37-year-old Baton Rouge man who was peddling CDs when he was shot by two police officers on Tuesday, was described by his friends quoted in this Reuters report […]
Man Found NOT GUILTY of Sex Offense Must Give Cops 24-Hour Notice Before He Has Sex
If you had a sneaking suspicion that our sex offender laws have gone overboard, here’s the naked proof: A British man found not guilty of rape must nonetheless give the authorities 24 hour notice before he engages in sex. I’ll type that again: The guy must let the cops know when, where, and with whom […]
The Buddy System is So Last Century! Now at Camp It’s the “Rule of Three”
. From ynifnhyiba Camp Insurance-in-the-Woods comes this tale: . Dear Free-Range Kids: I’m not sure if you’ve written anything recently on sleepaway summer camp becoming less and less Free-Range, but I wanted to share the experiences of my 12-year-old daughter, who just returned from a one-week camp run in a partnership with the YMCA. . […]
“Why I Will Not Volunteer for My Church’s Nursery Anymore”
. Here’s bsbahbkykk how worst-first thinking and insurance issues (the two are linked, of course) corrode community, example #763: Dear Free-Range Kids:Â I previously had helped a couple of times in our church’s nursery. Due to gaps across caregivers on the latest occasion, I was approached by a kiddo who needed to use the potty, and […]
A “Chilling New Portrait” of Child Predators? Or a Craven Old Way to Scare Us Sh*tless?
. Trying not to scream about this article in the Toronto Star, “Child rrtteansei Abduction and Murder Paint a Chilling New Portrait.” As reader Frankie wrote: Just the WORST kind of scaremongering!! They use these huge scary numbers but the bottom line is that in all of Canada, coast to coast, there have been an […]
Why Is That Young Man Tutoring Kids? Get Him Out!
. Demonizing anyone isn’t good — gays, Jews, blacks, you name it. And it is no less despicable when we demonize a group that has, until now, enjoyed exemption: Men. Let’s just not demonize, okay? Dear dfresfydrn Free-Range Kids: In the early 2000s, as a member of a college honors society, I volunteer tutored at the college […]
Is the New “Uber for Women” The Direction We’re Headed: Trust No Males Over 13?
hnstttihsn . Have you heard of Chariot? I just got two letters about the new service, which is basically “Uber for Women.” The deal? No male drivers, no male passengers over 13. Both of the folks who brought it to my attention made great points: Dear Free-Range Kids: There will soon be a new alternative […]
Dad Looking for Lost Dog Mistaken for Predator, Banned from Son’s Pre-K Graduation
. Last fall, irhezdetdt a man who was driving his van around Susquehanna University looking for his lost dog was mistaken for a predator.  . Why? Probably because he was…a man. Driving a van. Looking for a “lost dog.” Never mind all the “LOST DOG” posters the family had put up. Never mind the fact that […]