A dad whose 6-year-old wanted Nutella for her pancakes on a recent Saturday morning made a deal: I’ll drive you to the grocery if you go in by yourself and buy the stuff. This is about a straightforward an activity as can be and I posted the dad’s brief write-up of it over at Let […]
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The Day the Carpool Screwed Up and Other Accidental Free-Range Kid Adventures: Your Stories Needed
October 26, 2016
At a lecture I was giving yesterday, one parent asked a good question: What if you WANT your kid to go knock on a friend’s door to play, or ride their bike around the neighborhood…but the kid shows zero interest? That reminded me of a story told to me by a Washington Post reporter. Her […]
Zach Anderson, 19, Gets Lighter Sentence for Sex with Girl He Thought Was 17
October 20, 2015
. Nineteen year old  Zach Anderson’s case btyfaindkk made headlines across America after he was sentenced to 25 years as a sex offender for sleeping with a girl who said she was 17, but turned out to be 14. He was also given 90 days in jail, and forbidden to use a cell phone, or […]