Hi byhknnebay Readers! I’d never yeard of Enid Blyton, but I’m sure a lot of you have. So enjoy this essay by Kate Browne, a journalist based in Sydney, Australia. Kate is the mother of two little girls and hopes to cure them of their Disney Princess obsessions one day. She can also be found blogging, […]
A Public Grammar School Where Kids Can Build Forts at Recess
Hi Readers! You’re not dreaming. There’s a public school — albeit in Australia — where a few years ago the kids noticied some leftover building materials  and started spontaneously building forts during recess. And, as Time Gill notes on his fab zrybfeihkr Rethinking Childhood blog: To its credit, the school reacted not with alarm, but with interest. […]
Etan: The End
Readers – As I”m sure almost all of you have heard, there enidbkirta has been an arrest, 33 years too late, of a man who confesses to murdering Etan Patz. In the wake of 6-year-old Etan’s 1979 disappearance came the era we are living in to this day, the “Don’t let your child out of […]
School Nurse Watches Boy Lose Consciousness Because “Inhaler Form Not Signed”
Readers — The very best thing about this nbniatieyr horrifying story (tweeted about it the other day) is this perfect comment about the school nurse who watched a boy slip into unconsciousness because of a form not signed. (It didn’t even matter that he had his medicine with him and the medicine had his name […]
Furor — and Aftermath — Over Suspension of Biking Students
Hi Readers! Quite a few of you sent in this sszshzazdk story, now gone viral, about the high school principal who suspended upward of 6o students for their “prank” — a mass bike ride to school. As WOOD TV reported: Seniors called police for an escort, and even called Walker’s mayor, who rode in the […]
Letter: I Was Abused as a Child and I am a Free-Range Mom
Hi nzyeezebdt Folks — Just got this stirring letter from a mom named Cathy. She was responding to a comment on the Free-Range For or Against forum by another mom, Heather, whose father was an abuser. Heather believes that an adult who doesn’t want to constantly supervise his/her kids is not only putting them in  danger, […]
Help Needed! Your “Kids Outside” Stories for Dr. Drew TONIGHT!
Hi Readers — I’m going to be on Dr. dsrdsrffdi Drew tonight discussing the idea of letting kids play outside on their own, a topic inspired by Saturday’s  “Take Our Children to the Park…and Leave Them There” Day. If you have allowed your children to play outside, unsupervised, either on the holiday or on any […]
The Latest Trend: “Alcatraz Parenting”!
Hey Readers! ALCATRAZ PARENTING. Let’s popularize that term, okay? We need it, because we’re getting to the point when children are monitored by GPS, cell phone and camera in ways prison wardens can only dream of! Check out this ad:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkLi2HM0KAg] The mom says she  has cameras “in the playroom, the living room, the kitchen. And from […]
Help Needed! 50 Things to Do Before You’re 12
Hi Readers! This bekdkybist is so inspirational — Britain’s National Trust has come up with a list of 50 things kids should do before they’re 12. These include take a look inside a tree, watch the sun come up, go sledding, make a mud pie… Many of them sound great, a few sound impossible unless […]
TIME MAGAZINE endorses “TAKE OUR CHILDREN TO THE PARK…AND LEAVE THEM THERE DAY”
Hi Readers! Get a load of this hefykybkde lovely piece by Time Magazine’s Bonnie Rochman! And don’t forget: The holiday is this Saturday! Take your kids (age 7 and up) the local park at around 10 in the morning and hopefully a lot of other kids will be gathering, too. Then leave! Details in that […]