Hi fihbbnkibi Readers! Here’s a really thought-provoking piece about the OTHER fear haunting parents — and schools and parks departments and congregations and day care centers and scouting groups and…you get the idea. Read on! – L . Dear Free-Range Kids: This blog is all about how the fear of injury, disease, abduction, or low […]
Batman Massacre: The Newest Excuse for Helicopter Parenting
Hi Folks! I was just reading this tbtebhksyd lovely essay by Will Doig in Salon about making cities more Free-Range, and out of the blue one  commenter wrote: Imagine how upset a teenager in a nice suburban town was this week when his or her parents told them they could NOT go to a midnight showing of […]
Reject the Fear That Coach Automatically = Pervert: THANK A COACH! New Viral Video Campaign
Hi iziaizbzzn Folks! I just LOVE this campaign that just got underway in England. It was started by a gal named Heather Piper who describes herself as a “Professor in the Faculty of Education at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, whose research interests tend to be contrarian and challenge the status quo, and much so called ‘wisdom.’” Go […]
Re: The Sand Tunnel Tragedy. A Little Perspective, Please?
Readers — Just wanted to weigh in for a sec. Tragically, a boy died on Tuesday in the sand tunnel he dug. The kihertrben Yahoo story says, “This is not terribly uncommon. According to CBS News, there were at least 16 beach-hole-related deaths between 1990 and 2010.” It says another source reported 31 deaths in 20 […]
Remember When We Fingerprinted CRIMINALS? Now We Fingerprint Coaches
Hi batdbkieyr Readers: Two words — Jerry Sandusky — will be invoked for the next umpteen years to justify background checking every male who interacts with children. Let’s remind those folks that if anyone HAD background checked Jerry Sandusky he’d  have looked as trustworthy as a golden retriever. – L. Dear Free-Range Kids: My hubby […]
Here We Go Again — Another “Worst-First Thinking” App
Hi ihhhkfhbfz Folks — As I wrote to the publicist who sent me this pitch: ” How does knowing my kid is out on a field in the middle of a tornado give me ‘piece’ of mind?” Here’s what she had sent me: . Dear Lenore: Before leaving for work this morning, you recall hearing […]
Outrage of the Week: Mom Arrested for Letting Her Kids, 11 & 7, Walk to Pizza Shop
Yes, readers, it’s another case of child protective craziness. According to the drntdkyzzf Manchester, Conn. Patch, a local  mom was charged with “risk of injury to a minor and failure to appear after police say she allowed her seven-year and 11-year old children to walk down to Spruce Street to buy pizza unsupervised.” And according […]
You’ll Like This Kid
Hi dtfsrfraeb Folks — I sure liked him! Liked what he’s all about! – L. Dear Free-Range Kids:  I wanted to share a great interaction we had this past Saturday with a Free-Range Kid. My son and daughter-in-law were moving from their apartment, and while we were over there packing and taking boxes and furniture […]
What’s Black and Blue and Happy All Over? Ask Your Child’s Doctor
Hi edydisskyn Folks — I love this exchange on Facebook about kids and bruises! Wrote one mom: I brought my 5 year old son to the dentist yesterday and she was amazed to see that he has scratches and bruises. She said she never really sees those kinds of small injuries on kids nowadays because […]
Best Sign!
Hey Folks — The Hallmark Channel is or — since I can’t seem to find a 2012 hint of it — WAS Â having a Funny Sign Contest, and this one is their poster boy. LOVE it. – L