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    OFF MESSAGE: My Spongy Valentine

    February 12, 2023

    Readers: What moves me other than trying to give some trust back to a country consumed by catastrophizing, especially when…

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    Who Decides When Kids are Old Enough to Walk to Dunkin’ Donuts?

    January 31, 2023

    A mom in Killingly, Conn., wrote to us a few months ago to tell us the story of Super Bowl…

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    A Full-Throttled Defense of Sleepovers!

    January 26, 2023

    Erika Christakis, early childhood expert and author of The Importance of Being Little, NAILS IT in her Atlantic essay on…

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    50 Things Even Digital Kids Might Love to Do Outside

    January 17, 2023

    Yes — we’ve got for you a simple, straightforward, LONG LIST of activities that don’t require a screen and can…

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    Thank You, Mom, For Letting Us Play, Roam — and Fight

    January 10, 2023

    At Let Grow, the nonprofit that grew out of Free-Range Kids and is working to make childhood independence easy, normal…

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    10 Weeks to a Free-Range / Let Grow Kid

    January 2, 2023

    At last! A really simple, fun, and, of course, FREE plan of action for anyone who’d like to start giving…

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    The 10 Worst Free-Range Stories of 2022

    December 28, 2022

    What did 2022 do to parents who were just trying their best? It scared, scarred and disheartened them — and…

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    “Today’s 18-Year-Olds are More Like 12-Year-Olds” — KQED Looks at Why

    December 23, 2022

    This remarkable report on the KQED website unpacks the problem that’s hard to ignore: Today’s young people suffering from depression,…

    You Could (But Probably Won’t) Poke Somebody’s Eyes Out!

    December 16, 2022

    What happens when a little kid picks up a honking HUGE stick at preschool on the playground? The adults in…

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    “Critics Warn of Parenting Style’s Possible Consequences” Oh My!

    December 11, 2022

    Welcome to the bottom of the barrel! That’s where we find ourselves in this particular FoxNews’ segment (see below), as…

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