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    Essay Contest for Kids: “What I’ve Started Doing Independently, Since the Virus Hit”

    April 4, 2020

    Kids 5 to 17 can enter our Let Grow Independence Challenge. The first week — this week — we have…

    Download the Let Grow Independence Kit (It’s Free!)

    April 3, 2020

    Now can be the time your kids become more independent. We have a free Independence Kits with ideas and a…

    Dirt: It’s What’s for Breakfast (Or at Least a Snack)

    April 1, 2020

    Kids and dirt. It’s a classic combo that has fallen out of favor, like peaches and cream. (Something I’ve never…

    Miscellaneous

    They’re Not “Soft Skills” — They’re The Basic Social and Emotional Skills Everyone Needs to Succeed

    April 1, 2020

    Gary Karlson is a master teacher — so “master” that he is now an assistant principal. But last year, when…

    Not That We’d Want It to Happen This Way! But Could COVID Course-Correct a Too-Structured Childhood?

    March 31, 2020

    Ironically, Childhood Anxiety Could Go Down In this New York Post op-ed  I wrote with Let Grow co-founder Dr. Peter…

    Agghhhh! The Kids are Home AND Their Teachers are Far Away!

    March 28, 2020

    Okay, it’s Sunday. Here are some funny tweets about “distance learning” and a typical COVID homeschool day. Yep — just…

    Now is The Time to Empty Your Junk Drawers

    March 27, 2020

    Empty those junk drawers, take a step back, and probably close the door. Your kids will make something. Educators call…

    The Slightly Freaky Friday Feel to this Virus as Young Adults Start to Helicopter their Parents (and Rightly So!)

    March 25, 2020

    As I write on Reason.com : The COVID-19 crisis has produced an interesting role reversal. Many people over the age…

    Standardized Testing Now Cancelled — Thank Goodness!

    March 23, 2020

    “In the midst of the worry and disruption, is having kids prepare for a multiple choice test really the best…

    My Goofy Public Service Announcement (Particularly Enjoyable if You Know the Bette Midler Song, “From a Distance”)

    March 23, 2020

    Sometimes we just have to create. Feel free to share this. (Here’s the link.) And I am sending love to…

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