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…

Sometimes the boogey man is just that, as these parents  found out: http://img29.imageshack.us/i/securedownloadbon.jpg/

In the town of Milford, Connecticut, in 2005, a grandma named Una decided to build a pool. That way her…

Hi Readers! This just in, from Free-Ranger Deb Turner, who asks: “If you were shopping with your nine year old,…

Thanks to the intrepid reporters at The Onion, we are finally dealing with the truth about   backyard camping. It’s…

Hi Readers! Here’s what’s up at a grammar school outside of Chicago where the kids have apparently been getting it…

Walter Olson runs a great, nay, mindblowing  blog called overlawyered.com. The name says it all. He’s got great posts on…

Hi Readers! Here’s an interesting angle on Free-Ranging, brought to us by Kathy Seal. Kathy is a journalist in Santa…

Here’s a phenomenal NPR piece — transcribed — that solves the classic overprotection question, “Well, why NOT keep kids inside…