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    A Mom Lets Her Daughter, 6, Walk Home from the Bus Stop and Everyone Wins

    January 3, 2022

    To start off the New Year right, here’s a happy, simple tale of a mom, a spunky 6-year-old, and a…

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    The Top 10 Parent-Judging/Safety-Panic Moments of 2021

    December 29, 2021

    FIRST, A PLEA: IF YOU LOVED YOUR OWN “FREE-RANGE” CHILDHOOD AND WANT THAT FREEDOM GIVEN TO THE NEXT GENERATION, PLEASE…

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    Kids Bickering, Running Around, Shouting? It’s All Good!

    December 24, 2021

    As you will read over at Let Grow today, kids who are “just playing” are learning a ton. They even…

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    A Lump in the Throat…and in The Pillow: When Kids Make Gifts

    December 20, 2021

    Growing up I always made my parents presents for the holidays — great things like egg carton candy dishes, and…

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    The Gift of a Distracted Daddy on Christmas Morning

    December 16, 2021

    “Daddy, help.” Those were the words Rebecca Gomez’s toddler kept repeating when he couldn’t get the battery into his Buzz…

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    Mom Lets Her Twins, Age 9, Roam without a Phone!

    December 13, 2021

    I realize that headline wouldn’t have made sense in any generation till now. Of COURSE 9-year-olds roamed, and of COURSE…

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    A Better Way to Fight Bullying (That Doesn’t Even Focus On Bullying)

    December 8, 2021

    Fourth grade teacher Kevin Stinehart, the 2020 teacher of the year in his South Carolina District, stumbled onto a surprising…

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    Sending the Kids to Get the Dinner Ingredients (at Ages 3 and 5)

    December 3, 2021

    Let your tots do what the Japanese kids do on the TV show “My First Errand,” and I’ll be visiting…

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    Kid-Run Business Fairs?

    November 30, 2021

    How is it I had not heard of these before? Every year there are hundreds of Acton Children’s Business Fairs…

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    How Not to Squash Your Kid’s Curiosity: Advice from Neil deGrasse Tyson

    November 26, 2021

    Neil deGrasse Tyson sounds like the most Free-Range of fathers when he begs parents to let their kids stomp in…

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