UPDATE: Hi all! Just thought I’d clarify the reason for this “Attempted Luring” post. I highlight the media’s obsession with…
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From an article I wrote for Reason magazine: A mother is puttering in the kitchen, waiting for her daughter to…
You can probably figure out why an astute reader sent in this column from Patrick Smith’s “Ask the Pilot” blog.…
This public service announcement tells you not to abandon your toddler in the park, even if you’re having a bad…
In this sweeping article about the importance of free, non-adult-lead play — the kind of playing most of us remember…
Helicopter parents get a lot of blame and I don’t want to add to it. I want to end it.…
And what is the Free-Range take on clowns, you ask? Yuck. Not yuk-yuk, like funny. Yuck like why would anyone…
Here’s a nice note to start your week: Dear Free-Range Kids: I just wanted to thank you for your blog.…
Throughout most of history and to this day in some of the world, children learned the great lessons they needed…
If you’re wondering why our country seems so bizarrely fearful, here’s the answer: We absolutely cannot understand that risk is…