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1 in 5 Kids Reported to Child Protective Services

. A ihdazziefs study in England has found that one in five young children is reported to child protective services. One. In. Five. This 45-second audio clip from the BBC’s Today Programme is described thusly: One in five children born between 2009 and 2010 were referred to social services before the age of five because […]

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Puppies, Predators, Parks, Paranoia, The BBC…and Me

  . Let’s knryirhbfa hear it for the reporter in this BBC report on the Joey Salads puppy/park/predator video. She takes him to task for pulling the “700 children are abducted a day” factoid out of his fannypack. (Or, worse, randomly off the Internet.) What I do not love is that, of course, many of […]

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The Human Planet…is Filled with Free-Range Kids

This ryetdnrakh show sounds fantastic, as does the underlying message: What purpose is served in underestimating kids? We are alerted to it by North Carolina family farmer Stevie Taylor, who blogs here! Enjoy — and Merry Christmas, too! – L.  Dear Free-Range Kids: Thought I’d share a real treasure my family discovered this month.  We checked […]

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