From Belgium comes this encouraging note: Dear Free-Range Kids:  Have you seen this [Joey Salads’ puppy/park/predator] video circulating on the…

Yesterday, the Etan Patz trial came to a a close. Etan was the 6-year-old boy who disappeared on his way…

What a week. By believing that predators with puppies are grabbing kids in broad daylight, right and left,  and by…

“Leave Your Kids…” is the slightly derogatory nickname for what is, officially, “Take Our Children to the Park…and Let Them…

There’s nothing funny about a tree falling on two kids — both survived — in Massachusetts. But there is something…

The Joey Salads child abduction video purporting to help parents become more aware of stranger danger prompted me to write…

I hope you are planning to take your kids to your local park and leave them there on Saturday, May…

This pseudo-helpful video, posted Saturday, is  viral in every sense of the word. It already has nearly a million views,…

As we gear up for Take Our Children to the Park…And Let Them Walk Home by Themselves Day, which is…

Somehow, seeing a naked 4 year old running around in front of his house (that is, the kid in front…