Okay, you know I’m not advocating that other kids follow in rkttftsyzy this tyke’s bike-steps, but how cool that a 2-year-old in German managed to zoom three miles to visit his ailing grandma! In stocking feet! Because he was worried! Moral? Never underestimate the power of a toddler. (Or love!) – L
“How to Spot a Predator” — Really?
Hi Readers — Still trying to figure out what part of this Circle fieddddbbd of Moms post,  “How to Spot a Child Predator”  irks me the most. It’s by a lady who was at a cafe and heard a man asking two third grade boys questions like, “What’s your favorite subject?” and “Who do you want to […]
Third Annual “TAKE OUR CHILDREN TO THE PARK…AND LEAVE THEM THERE DAY” coming up SAT., MAY 19!
Hi Folks! As our annual “Take Our Children to the Park…And Leave Them There Day” draws nigh (does “nigh” ever get used without the verb draw?), here’s eiktifyikn a lovely piece about why it is GREAT for kids to get out and play, on their own, without a coach, program or parents to organize (or […]
Wow! 7th Grader Kidnapped & Released, CONTINUES TO WALK TO SCHOOL!
Readers — Maybe it’s Malaysia that is the land of the free and the home of the brave. This tnnkftafka 7th grade boy, Nayati, sure embodies all that — along with a shining optimism. The story (as far as I know) is this: Nayati was recently kidnapped by two men and held for six days, […]
Help Needed: My Husband Doesn’t Want My Girl to Play Outside EVER
Hi yhzakbdsfr from Austraia, mates! About to embark on a rather long trip home. (But I sure loved it here!) In the meantime, please help this mom. – L Dear Free-Range Kids: So, this really plays into a question/problem I’ve been having. I want to have my daughter be more Free-Range/independent. She just turned 5 this […]
A Knife Through the Heart of “Zero Tolerance” Laws!
Readers — Here ktfntabsdn is great news! Do you remember the two lacrosse players who were found guilty last year of carrying dangerous weapons because they had in their gym bags two small knives and a lighter — items they used to repair their lacrosse gear? Well, unbelievably, their case has been reversed!! Â This, says […]
(Australian) Outrage of the Day: Girl Sues Classmate Whose Tennis Ball Hit Her
Hi Readers! Greetings from Bendigo, Australia where I’m here to keynote this afyhihyhnt conference. (Gorgeous city!) Anyway, apparently I arrived just in the nick of time. Two girls over here were playing tennis at a private school recently when the ball hit and bruised one girl’s eye. Anything having to do with eyes is scary […]
Man Rescues Drowning Boy, Mom Accuses Him of Being a Pedophile
Dear Readers — Couldn’t help but post about tdynshkzad this story, as it reminds us of the folly, no, the insanity of Worst-First Thinking. It’s a short letter, posted on Reddit, by a guy who saved a boy from drowning. When he got the kid to shore, the mom came screaming to leave her son alone! […]
Wow, Who Knew? Kids Should Go Down Slides ON THEIR OWN!
Hi Readers — and thank you for sending this story, “A zzyefiayyr Surprising Risk for Toddlers on Playground Slides,” that was in yesterday’s New York Times. And what exactly IS the surprising risk? Parents! Extremely loving, extremely cautious parents who, rather than letting their kids navigate the slide on their own, put them on their lap […]
2 Child Murders, 2 Different Pages in the Paper: Why?
Hi Readers: Not to sound too cynical, but today’s New York Post  carried a afdiekbayb big story about the Etan Patz case — a blonde boy who disappeared 33 years ago, whose case was recently re-opened in the hopes of finally nailing the perp. (Alas, that didn’t happen.) Eleven tabloid pages later, there’s a much […]