Hi Readers! In one English town, outdoor fireworks have been deemed too “dangerous” (and chilly) for kids to enjoy. So now nednsiksyd the fireworks are inside, reports the Small World News Service: Instead of wrapping up warm to enjoy the bangs of fireworks around 100 youngsters will sit inside watching images on a projector screen. The […]
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Reading & Writing & Finger Prints to Identify Your Dead Body, Kids
Hi bfnkfeeaif Readers! Here’s a note from Amy Uzinger, a mom in Tucson. Dear Free-Range Kids: Today I got my 1st grade son’s school pictures in. Along with the pictures, is a ‘Operation Child I.D.’ form. It has my child’s picture and there is a spot on the form to take to the police station […]
Outrage of the Morning: Lunch Lady Accused of “Grooming” A Kid
Hi Readers — Even before my morning coffee, I have to throw ezintkyrse this one up (as it were): A “dinner lady” — which we here in the States call a “lunch lady” — gave a boy an extra “biscuit” (i.e., cookie). And for THAT she was accused of possibly “grooming” him for later lascivious […]
Get Real!
Hi yhybshzhte Readers! This just in from the middle of the country, where delusional do-gooders dwell: Dear Free-Range Kids: Greetings! I live in Lincoln NE, which is a fairly level headed community for the most part. I was reminded of this yet again recently with an incident involving my wife… Parking is nuts at our […]
A Nice Note from An Aussie (About Serial Killers)
Hey bkiiizhnhe Readers — This was an extremely nice reaction to my talk at the Sydney Opera House yesterday, so how could I resist posting it? Tomorrow I’ll be at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne (free!). Â And after that…back to America! Dear Lenore: I loved what you had to say about how news was once […]
The Pervert Lady in the Library
Hi niaeabtdrh Readers — This story makes me sad and sick but it doesn’t surprise me. The same thing is happening at playgrounds: No adults are allowed without a kid — as if every adult who LIKES or even LOVES kids must also want to MOLEST them. Good ol’ “worst first” thinking. Anyway, here’s the […]
Outrage of the Morning: Chuck E.’s Cheesy Recall — Join In!
Hi bikizbzbbk Readers — Here’s the latest from the world that wants to keep you safe. Very safe. Safer than safer. Safer than SANE: RECALL NOTICE: Chuck E. Cheese’s is voluntarily recalling its Light-Up Ring and Star Glasses. The ring comes in blue, green, purple, yellow, and pink colors, and the glasses come in a […]
Outrage of the Day: Dad Faces Legal Action for Not Walking 7 y.o. to Bus Stop
Hi Readers! Here’s today’s ithyrffttr story from across the pond (thank you, Virtual Linguist, for sending it along): A father who lets his 7 year old daughter walk to and from the school bus stop has been threatened by the authorities who say they may report him to child protective services. And just how far […]
Outrage of the Weekend: Student Suspended for “Bloodshot Eyes” After His Dad Dies
Hi Folks — Read brbhzyerde it and weep, but not too hard or you may get suspended from school! Two days after a 16-year-old Texan’s dad died, he decided to return to school to feel a little normal again. Except when he arrived late and went to the office for a tardy pass, the admins […]
Stuffed Animal Blown Up by Bomb Squad
Greetings, Readers, from the land of the free, home of the — YIKES! akftdaeyeb A stuffed animal! Perhaps you’ve heard this story: Yesterday, a stuffed-animal about 2 feet high standing near a school caused imaginations to go wild in Orlando (where you’d never, ever expect to see a large, fake animal). It was a pony-shaped […]