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    Introducing the 1.0 Version of the Free-Range Kids App

    January 6, 2015

    A Free-Range Kids app? Yes!!! Thanks to Tanya Ruttenberg at  Blue Door Apps. Amazing as it is, this is version…

    Towns Ban Sledding for Lawsuits’ Sake

    January 5, 2015

    From Des Moines, Iowa to Hamilton, Ontario, towns are banning tobogganing and/or sledding, for fear of both injuries and lawsuits.…

    The 7-Year-Old and the Plane Crash and Us

    January 5, 2015

    As most of you have heard by now, 7-year-old Sailor Gutzler survived the plane crash that killed her mother, father,…

    Missing Planes, Missing Kids and “Ask the Pilot”

    January 4, 2015

    “Flying has gotten safer since the 1980s, but the headlines about the fewer disasters are bigger,” reader Stacey Gordon writes…

    The Craziest Zero Tolerance Stories of 2014

    January 1, 2015

    This was the year a second grade teacher learned never to bring carpentry tools to school, even as a high…

    3 Virginia Hospitals Won’t Announce “First Baby of 2015” — for Fear of Abduction

    December 31, 2014

    Congratulations! It’s a bouncing bundle of paranoid fantasy! The first crazy fear of 2015 goes to three Virginia hospitals. According…

    Say Happy New Year When It’s 2015 in Your Country!

    December 31, 2014

    Here’s a cool idea from regular commenter Papilio! Since we commenters live not just in the USA, but also in…

    The Parents in Children’s Classics Would Be Arrested Today (Looking at You, Beezus and Ramona’s Mom!)

    December 30, 2014

    Ever wonder why most of the parents in children’s literature are far away or dead? Melinda Moore did. She’s a…

    A Girl Walking Down the Street — and the Cops. Twice.

    December 29, 2014

    When does it make sense for the cops to stop kids and make sure they’re safe? A  mom in Maine…

    “Anyone Who Can’t Live without Caffeine for 9 Months Doesn’t Deserve a Baby”

    December 26, 2014

    A similar sane pregnancy piece appeared here recently, but I just got this letter this morning and the message bears…

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