Take your blood pressure medicine before watching  this  so-called public service announcement  . The spot shows two women  in a…

Hi Readers! If you’d like to write a letter of support for the parents who let their 9-  and 6-year-olds…

First off, my heart goes out to Jaycee Dugard, her daughters, her parents, step-parents  — everyone in her circle. She…

Hi Readers! My friend Bob Eckstein, a cartoonist for The New Yorker (la-di-dah!), came up with this Free-Range Cartoon: a…

Readers — Here is a story that does not surprise me. It does, however, enrage me and I am hoping…

This is just too weird: Maine passed a law, about to take effect, that forbids stores from allowing any “child”…

Hi Readers — We’ve been spending today thinking about what it would mean to be the youngest person to sail…

Ahoy, Readers! Today’s “Free-Range” controversy concerns Laura Dekker, a 13-year-old   in Holland who is already an accomplished sailor and…

Dear Readers: You may recall that last week, Dear Abby passed along the  advice that children take a walkie talkie…

Thanks to Pyromomma for sending along this amazing photo! “Scientists Discover Portal to Outside World.” Show your kids! (And thanks…