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    Need Ideas to Keep the Kids Busy? We’ve Got Plenty

    May 28, 2020

    Newsflash: You don’t have to entertain your kids. Just download the free June Calendar over at Let Grow (click here)…

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    Stop Branding All “Screen Time” a Brain-Rotting Time-Suck That Only Bad Moms Allow their Kids

    May 26, 2020

    Let Grow’s Executive Director, Tracy Tomasso, is sick of all the mom-shaming when it comes to screen time. As if…

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    What Can Kids Do When They are Bored? We’ve Got 100 Ideas!

    May 26, 2020

    Have a “Name That Food” taste-testing contest. Play balloon volleyball. Take over a chore of mom or dad’s. Make origami.…

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    The Ultimate Compliment: Amy Poehler and Ty Burrell (as Cartoons) Discuss Free-Range Parenting

    May 22, 2020

    In a recent episode of Amy Poehler’s new animated series, “Duncanville” (Amy plays the mom AND the teen boy, Duncan),…

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    Hidden in Plain Sight: All the Amazing Things Kids are Capable of That They Didn’t Start Doing till the Pandemic

    May 19, 2020

    WOW WOW WOW. And, what the heck, WOW. The   Let Grow Independence Challenge asked kids to send us stories,…

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    What Can Kids Do When They’re Bored? This 6-year-old Shows How to Make Stop-Motion Videos

    May 16, 2020

    I’m putting this out there as if I personally have ever had the patience, creativity or gumption to make a…

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    What Treasures Does a Little Girl Find and Put in her Pocket? Achingly Sweet Video

    May 14, 2020

    Prepare to be charmed by this Let Grow video! \

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    Can a 6-Year-Old Play Alone at the River?

    May 13, 2020

    Most of us don’t live on a river. But Amy Lynn Kuhl, the mom writing today’s Let Grow blog post,…

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    What Happens to Childhood When Kids’ Super-Structured Schedules Get Tossed Out the Carpool Window?

    May 11, 2020

    “Thanks to the pandemic, children have been stepping up to the plate—and sink, bike, lawn mower and toilet brush. Sprung…

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    Smart, Helpful, FUNNY Flow Chart for Kid Independence

    May 8, 2020

    This flow chart, created by University of Virginia Psychology Professors Jim Coan and Daniel Willingham, is just plain terrific. “Could…

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