Close Menu
Free-Range Kids

    Free-Range KidsFree-Range Kids

    • Home
    • TV Show
    • Press
    • Have Lenore Speak
    • FAQ
    • FRK Project
    • Book
    • Crime Stats
    • Bill of Rights
    • Laws
    • Contact
    • Donate
    • Privacy
    Free-Range Kids

    A Not-So-Humble Brag: Yours Truly is a Clue on Masterminds (And Thank You, Ken Jennings!)

    April 21, 2021

    And if you like the whole Free-Range Kids gestalt, come visit LetGrow.org, the nonprofit that grew out of it and…

    Miscellaneous

    A Worried Mom’s Letter to her Third Grade Son (When, Hopefully, He is Outside Playing)

    April 20, 2021

    Becky Diamond is a reporter who has spent years and years in actual war zones. But now she’s really scared.…

    Miscellaneous

    Where Can You Find Other Parents who Want to Give Their 5-Year-Olds a Knife?

    April 19, 2021

    When you feel ready to let your kid use a sharp knife, or bike around the neighborhood, or go on…

    Miscellaneous

    Kids Reading Children’s Books from the ’60s and ’70s Don’t Understand Why The Characters Got to Go Outside without Adults

    April 16, 2021

    Harriet the Spy. Encyclopedia Brown. Meg and brother Charles Wallace, Ramona, Beezus, Pippi, and that My Side of the Mountain…

    Miscellaneous

    A Gym Teacher Devotes Some P.E. Time to Plain Old Free Play — And WOW!

    April 13, 2021

    Gym teachers don’t have to have kids doing specific sports or skills all the time. When P.E. teacher David Benay…

    Miscellaneous

    To Stop Kids from Bullying, School Replaces Recess with Poetry Reciting

    April 4, 2021

    “I think this school is making a mistake,” tweeted Jonathan Haidt, co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind.” What…

    Miscellaneous

    Welcome, Free-Range Parents, Educators, Media and the Free-Range Curious!

    April 4, 2021

    Hi! I’m Lenore, the gal who let her 9-year-old ride the subway alone, wrote a column about it, got slammed…

    Miscellaneous

    Why Two Oklahoma Representatives on Opposite Sides of the Aisle are Co-Sponsoring a Free-Range Kids Bill

    March 30, 2021

    It’s not just that Oklahoma State Rep. Chad Caldwell (R) and Rep. Jacob Rosecrants (D) both believe parents shouldn’t be…

    Miscellaneous

    Picking A Child Up Late from School Is Not Neglect!

    March 23, 2021

    A 10-year-old boy picked up from his Chicago public school seven minutes late triggered a call from the school to…

    Miscellaneous

    Dad Takes Daughter for a Walk in the Rain — and Passersby Suspect Abuse

    March 17, 2021

    A dad takes his daughter for a walk in the rain and a passing van thinks he is tormenting her.…

    Previous 1 … 20 21 22 23 24 … 357 Next
    Sign up for Our Mailing List
    * = required field
    Free-Range Kids
    Fighting the belief that our children are in constant danger from creeps, kidnapping, germs, grades, flashers, frustration, failure, baby snatchers, bugs, bullies, men, sleepovers and/or the perils of a non-organic grape.
    Join us!
    Follow me on Twitter
    Follow me on Facebook
    Free membership card for kids: "I'm not lost! I'm a Free-Range Kid!"
    Visit Let Grow, the nonprofit promoting childhood independence
    Links
    Pro or Con?
    Why Free-Range?
    Free-Range Archives
    • 2025
    • 2024
    • 2023
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
    • 2012
    • 2011
    • 2010
    • 2009
    • 2008
    Copyright © 2008-2025 Free-Range Kids. All rights reserved.

    Web design by GenuineClass

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.

    Add Free-Range Kids to your Homescreen!

    Add