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    “Officer, Some Noisy Kids are Playing Basketball in the Street!”

    January 24, 2016

    Someone called the cops when a gaggle of young folk in Gainesville, FL, had the temerity to play street basketball,…

    Do Your Kids Sled Without You? Or Shovel?

    January 24, 2016

    Here’s a Yahoo Parenting piece by Beth Greenfield about kids not sledding along anymore. She was inspired by  columnist Tom…

    What Age Do Free-Rangers Think a 6-Year-Old Can Stay Home Alone for 20 Minutes?

    January 22, 2016

    Anita Hirth, a software engineer from Denver, CO, asks this practical question: Dear Free-Range Kids:  Thank you for being a…

    Disease, Fire, Explosions, Death: An “Expert” Discusses Why You Can’t Let Your Kid Wait in the Car

    January 21, 2016

    . Marisa Quinn, an office worker in Western Australia, sent in this article about whether you can leave your kid…

    5 Pictures of Your Kids You Should NEVER Post on Facebook? One Mom Shrugs

    January 20, 2016

    . Though we are exhorted to live in a constant state of hysteria when it comes to our kids, some…

    Kids As Young As 9 Are on the Sex Offender Registry…for Life

    January 17, 2016

    . Southwestern Law School Professor Catherine L.Carpenter puts it bluntly in her new research paper, Throwaway Children: The Tragic Consequences…

    “Let Them Go!” — The Meitiv Family Anthem

    January 17, 2016

    . Fresh from the Meitivs of Maryland — the family famously investigated TWICE for child abuse simply for letting their…

    How to Fight the Laws and Culture That Mandate Helicopter Parenting

    January 15, 2016

    This post comes to us from the amazing appellate and intellectual property attorney at Andrews Kurth LLP, Matthew Dowd,  who…

    Cory Doctorow on “New Law Says Kids Can Walk to School by Themselves”

    January 14, 2016

    Can’t tell you how fantastic it is to have Cory Doctorow — Boing Boing co-editor, author of “Little Brother,” and…

    How an Obsession with Danger Embeds Itself in Everyday Life, Even When You Know It’s Insane

    January 13, 2016

    . How does something become so normal no one even questions it? Something like shampooing daily, or eating whole wheat…

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