We no longer live in an era of footbinding, writes my Let Grow Co-Founder Peter Gray, the psychologist who studies…
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Once again, friends, I. MUST. RANT. Why? I — just heard from a mom trying to get two other families…
Folks — This is a topic that sometimes comes up and is indicative of our culture’s worst-first thinking: The idea…
This note about “news junkies” comes from a longtime friend of Free-Range Kids, Donald Christensen. Donald is a draftsman living…
Kids need to climb trees, jump off things, and ride their bikes fast. That’s what the Canadian Paediatric Society is…
Here’s a little excerpt from the interview Katie Kimball, host of the Healthy Parenting Handbook Podcast, did with me. The…
Did you know that January is Mental Wellness Awareness Month! Woo hoo! How can you celebrate? Get mentally well! That…
Most parents believe it’s important for kids to develop independence in their elementary school years by doing things “away from…
When it turned out that four siblings, aged 1 to 13, had survived in the jungles of Colombia for 40…
A recent front page article in the Wall Street Journal chronicles a problem that seems to be a sign of the times:…