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    This is Me, My Life’s Work, and a Boy Driving a Truck

    May 2, 2023

    The Let Grow Project is so simple it’s almost laughable. Almost. But its impact is so profound, it changes the lives of most…

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    Tips for Going Screen-Free (Ironically, Provided By This Screen)

    April 25, 2023

    Try not to start shaking. May 1-7 is SCREEN-FREE WEEK! I caught up with Jen Kane, Screen-Free week’s coordinator. Jen…

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    Mother Nature Installed the “Play Drive” in Kids. What Happens When It’s Thwarted?

    April 21, 2023

    “Peter Gray says…” “Peter Gray writes…” “Well, Peter Gray says… ” I don’t begin ALL my sentences that way –…

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    Her 2-Year-Old Had a Lockdown Drill at Day Care. Mom Asks: Are These Really Necessary?

    April 18, 2023

    A mom writes: Dear Let Grow: First of all, thank you so much for the work you have been doing!…

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    Preschooler’s Prank Leads to Day Care Employees’ Trial

    April 5, 2023

    Just in case you thought you were living someplace sane, I am here to report that two Colorado child care…

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    VIRGINIA GOES FREE-RANGE! FIFTH STATE TO PASS “REASONABLE CHILDHOOD INDEPDENCE” LAW

    March 30, 2023

    Children in Virginia can now play outside without their parents getting investigated for neglect. Imagine that! (Connecticut readers — see…

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    Librarian Tells Mom She Broke The Law By Letting Son Browse for 6 Minutes, Unattended

    March 27, 2023

    Let Grow is working to pass a Reasonable Childhood Independence bill in Connecticut. We asked citizens there to write letters in support…

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    When Kids’ Independence Goes Down, Their Mental Health Issues Go Up: Journal of Pediatrics

    March 23, 2023

    An article about to be published in the the Journal of Pediatrics is titled, “Decline in Independent Activity as a Cause of…

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    FLACO THE FIRST FREE-RANGE KIDS MASCOT: Escaped Owl Flies in the Face of Overprotection

    March 15, 2023

    Just one month ago, Flaco the owl was sprung from New York’s Central Park Zoo. Until then the Eurasian Eagle…

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    NJ Dad Arrested After Letting His Child Walk Outside — And a Happy Ending!

    March 10, 2023

    This fall, just as Keith Kaplan was finishing up his first term as a Teaneck, NJ, Town Councilman, he proposed…

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