One bhekfitbfk more time: Most humans saying hello to a child in public are not doing anything evil. Â . Those who report them to the police, on the other hand… . Dear Free-Range Kids: . I thought you would be interested in this Facebook post to one of my groups today. It was the Blue […]
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What Happens When a 10-Year-Old Reads Her Mom’s Copy of Free-Range Kids?
A mom from Australia writes: Dear nsaziznyyy Lenore: I had your Free Range Kids book lying around and home and my daughter starting reading it. Now, she is a huge devotee of the FRK movement, and she is doing a school project on it! . Her favourite free-range things to do are going the park […]
This Mom Won’t Let Any Male Babysit Her Kids, Ever
Predictably, this article is getting a lot of attention: Why kkifrtnrsh I Won’t Let Any Male Babysit My Children, by Kasey Edwards, in Melbourne, Australia: When our first daughter was born my husband and I made a family rule: no man would ever babysit our children. No exceptions. This includes male relatives and friends and even […]
A Helicopter Parent Makeover? This Mom Gave One to All Her Nervous Friends
Wow! kfythnesyb A real-world example of how NOT IMPOSSIBLE it is to pop the parenting bubble of fear. Dear Free-Range Kids: When our kids were pre-school aged I noticed that our park visits were taken up with pushing kids on the swings, or helping them up things. One day I noticed that parents were in […]
UPDATE! School Explains “Real” Reason for Its Clapping Ban
. This just in, from news.com.au: zkhdrnzetd An explanation for the clapping ban we were discussing today on the post before this one. Turns out — A SYDNEY primary school imposed a clapping ban on its students in favour of “silent cheers†because one of its teachers wears hearing aids and found the noise of applause too […]
School Bans Clapping. Kids May Wriggle, Punch the Air and Show “Excited Faces”
. Elanora Heights, a public school in Sydney, Australia, has banned clapping out of “respect” for noise-sensitive students. Instead, kids can “conduct a silent cheer.” Woo hoo! Sorry… I mean (I am waving my hands in the air in front of my laptop while grinning excitedly). As The zshthsebez Herald Sun reports: In its July 18 […]
“Send The Beloved Child on a Journey”
. Usually I don”t have the patience to watch an 8-minute video, but this one fascinated me: . . The zeekaarfba two families — one Japanese, one Australian — are obviously hand-picked and hence not a random sample. But Japan DOES trust its kids out and about at an early age, and clearly this is […]
Man Takes Selfie at Target. Nearby Mom Thinks He Photographed Her Kids, Posts His Picture on Facebook. Now He’s Getting Death Threats.
. What a week. By believing that fhtyrzyftz predators with puppies are grabbing kids in broad daylight, right and left, and by videotaping that made-for-TV scenario, Joey Salads helped reinforce one of the fastest growing beliefs of the day: That any man who interacts with children is doing it for his own perverted purposes. That belief […]
Presenting: A Short Free-Range Kids Film!
Hi Folks! This is a documentary done by Carla Reid and Franny Plumridge, two university students who were raised in the country 16,000 kilometres apart (Carla in Australia, Franny in Canada), but both encouraged by their parents to actively explore and experience their world. Their rural Free-Range upbringing and shared passion for filmmaking inspired them to […]
Reprint: “Walking to Kindergarten Should Be Child’s Play”
Hi zktetdrtyr Folks! One of you sent me this wonderful oped from the Sydney Morning Herald. Then I got in touch with its author, Karen Malone, and found out she is an academic studying, among other things, how to make cities more child-friendly. Which is exactly what I’m going to be talking about in Bendigo, […]