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    U.S. House Passes Bill that Would Subject Teen Sexters to 15 Years’ Mandatory Minimum

    June 4, 2017

    This article by Elizabeth Nolan Brown at Reason (a site I write for, too) is a must-read: House Overwhelmingly Supports…

    When Helping Your Kid on the Slide Is the OPPOSITE of Helpful

    June 2, 2017

    A mom, a toddler, a slide. A mom named Kara wrote this on the CityMoms blog  about a day she…

    UNITED AIRLINES: Stop Infantilizing Teens (And Maybe Win a Few Public Relations Points)

    May 31, 2017

    Not to pile on United. But…  . Dear Free-Range Kids:  AARGH!!!!  . Can you please do a piece on unaccompanied…

    Crazy Parents

    A Peek Into a Free-Range Dad / Helicopter Mom’s Divorce

    May 30, 2017

    This cascade of emails between a Free-Range dad and his more helicopter ex-wife is difficult to read. But over the…

    A Mom Traveling With Kids — And the Older Lady Who Put Her 2 Cents In

    May 28, 2017

    A note for anyone traveling with kids or around any kids who are traveling! Dear Free-Range Kids: Had the usual…

    Middle Schoolers Whose Bus Drove by a Dead Body 50 Feet Away Are Offered Counseling

    May 26, 2017

    After a bus full of middle schoolers in Raytown, Missouri, drove past a person dead from suicide about 50 feet…

    Miscellaneous

    The Lonely Refrigerator

    May 25, 2017

    Just a thought about a cultural artifact: Dear Free-Range Kids: As I walked my dog this evening, I saw that…

    Calling a High School Sex Tape “Child Porn” Leads to a 16-Year-Old’s Suicide

    May 23, 2017

    This piece comes to us from Sandy Rozek, communications director with the  National Association for Rational Sex Offender Laws.  One…

    Infantilizing young folk

    Free-Range Parenting was NORMAL as Recently as E.T.

    May 23, 2017

    Remember, folks, what SEEMS like just a normal amount of supervision now — that is, constant — was not normal…

    How to Keep Kids Safe, By a Woman Raped at 15

    May 22, 2017

    Passing along this wisdom: I was raped by a classmate when I was 15. There is nothing anyone could have…

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