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    Don’t Tell Kids That Someone Could Grab Them

    December 12, 2023

    A childcare worker in Texas dropped a line with a story — and a request: Dear Let Grow: You helped…

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    Want Students to Succeed Almost Every Possible Way? Start a Play Club

    December 9, 2023

    Michael Hynes is superintendent of the Port Washington, Long Island School District, just outside New York City. He’s also a…

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    Thank You Garry Trudeau for Today’s Free-Range Kids Edition of Doonesbury!

    December 3, 2023

    Doonesbury sums up a whole lot of our themes — and gives us a name check — in today’s funny…

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    Hello Muddah, Hello, Faddah — in The Smartphone Age

    November 29, 2023

    Remember (or not!) the classic Allan Sherman song, “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah,” the letter from an unhappy camper?  Today’s post…

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    This Thanksgiving, Be Thankful for Strangers!

    November 20, 2023

    As we approach the holiday of gratitude, here’s a little reminder that “stranger-danger” gets it wrong, and we should be…

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    What Hath Liam Neeson Wrought?

    November 9, 2023

    Today’s pithy comment comes in response to yesterday’s post about a mom sick with fear because a man (!!!) was…

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    Something Unspeakably Awful May Have Almost Practically Happened to a Child!

    November 7, 2023

    “A mother’s worst nightmare almost came true in broad daylight after a man may have tried to lure her toddler…

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    The Switch Witch Must Go!

    October 27, 2023

    The New York Times columnist Jessica Grose has a plea for all of us adults: Stop Micromanaging Halloween.  It’s a…

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    50% of Parents Won’t Let Their Kids Go to Another Aisle in Grocery: Poll

    October 22, 2023

    Most parents believe it’s important for kids to develop independence in their elementary school years by doing things “away from…

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    Teens 18 & 16 Had Consensual Sex. The 18-year-old Went to Prison for Six Years

    October 19, 2023

    When Henry was 18 he had sex with a 16-year-old he met on a dating app who said he was…

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