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    We Stand with Emma! (She’s 7)

    October 17, 2022

    Great grandma Joanne Ward of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, read my piece about the fastest, cheapest child therapy — FREE PLAY.…

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    “5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do” Gever Tulley’s Galvanizing TED Talk — from 2008!

    September 30, 2022

    Gever Tulley saw it before a lot of us: That anything “shaper than a golf ball” was getting labeled too…

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    The Secret to Getting Kids to Play Outside? Hint: It’s Cheap and at Lowe’s

    September 20, 2022

    In Part 2 of Let Grow’s “Practical Tips for Getting Your Kids Outside” series, one mom divulges the simplest, cheapest…

    Mom Proposes a Freaky Friday, Role-Switching Experiment to Her 3 Kids: Here’s What Happened!

    September 9, 2022

    A mom in Ireland, Trish Frazer, was, it seems, a little fed up with the day-to-day pushing/prodding/cooking/plodding  that is modern-day…

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    Mom Found Guilty of Not Being Paranoid Enough

    August 31, 2022

    A mom was put on an Arizona blacklist for letting her son, 7, play at park with his friend, age…

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    Excellent New Word: Sittervising

    August 25, 2022

    The word “Sittervising,” invented by  by Busy Toddler blogger Susie Allison, is a new way to describe a once venerated practice:…

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    College President Tells Parents: Your Kids Really Can Handle Doing Laundry!

    August 18, 2022

    Forgive the long quote coming up, but it is instructive. (And crazy!) The President of Hamilton College, David Wippman, and…

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    A Dad Asks Us To Suggest Books, Toys, Electronics and Activities to Make His Kids Independent

    August 10, 2022

    A dad who just read Free-Range Kids dropped a note to ask for more SPECIFIC advice. Busted! My book is…

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    Your Kids Doing Something New, On Their Own, Can Win $500!

    August 3, 2022

    The Third Annual Let Grow Independence Challenge is on! Let Grow is asking for photos and/or super short videos of…

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    Why It’s Hard to Raise Your Kids Like The Ones on “Stranger Things”

    July 25, 2022

    If you watch Stranger Things with your kids, there’s a good chance they think the strangest things of all are…

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