. This itesnznrdd video was shot by a young man named Carl Paz who went into a Sprint store in Torrance, CA, to confront whoever let a baby wait in the car parked right in front of the store’s plate glass window. As Paz wrote on his Facebook page: Walk by a Sprint Retail store and […]
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TAKE HEART! Crazy Woman Calls Cops on “Bad” Mom, Cop Sides with Mom!
This story  is upsetting, but also reassuring. I put it here to remind us all that just because some authorities are too quick to investigate fine parents — and those are the stories I often highlight, because this nnkhrbbrsr must change — plenty of cops and child protective workers can recognize hysteria when they see […]
A “THANK YOU!” FROM the Florida Mom Arrested for Letting 7 y.o. Walk to the Park
You rfsfhrnibn guys are so wonderful. Here’s a note from Nicole, the Florida mom: I started crying when I got that email [from Go Fund Me]. It feels like a dream, I needed this help so very bad, it is a little easier to relax today and just have fun with my son knowing I […]
Dispatches from the Busybody Wars: The Bathroom at Target
Readers kznsykbsyh — Just a note from a mom of three named April who lives in Oakley, Cal: Dear Free-Range Kids: I feel like I am surrounded by hysterical suburb moms and they are always on the “right” side of the argument bc it is all about “protecting children and keeping them safe.” Â It’s hard […]
Cops and CPS Interrogate Mom Who Let 6 y.o. Play Outside
Readers iffethehky — I published this on Reason.com, hoping to get attention for this case. BUT once again, I do not want it scaring parents into quarantining their kids. I just want to spread the outrage, the way outrage spread in the wake of cops arresting Debra Harrell, the McDonald’s worker who let her 9-year-old […]
Watch Police Interrogate the Mom Jailed for Letting her Daughter Play at Park
Readers — This is a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what happened when Debra iktdrzzyfr Harrell was taken into police custody for letting her  9 year old play at a popular park while she worked her shift at McDonald’s. WJBF-TV ABC 6 Augusta-Aiken The interrogating officer is so officious that it is disturbing to watch. How wonderful, then, that Harrell has […]
Kids More Likely to Die OUTSIDE of Cars than Waiting IN Them: New York Post
Readers, I am thrilled that Andrea drfbnnbkds Peyser had the guts to put our kids-waiting-in-cars hysteria into focus. From her column today: “We’ve become hyper-fearful about any children being left alone for even a second,’’ said Lenore Skenazy, a public speaker and author of “Free-Range Kids, How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts […]
White Dad of Black Girl Wonders What to Say When Lady Demands “Proof” He’s Legit
Readers rtybtdbadn — I didn’t know what to suggest to this dad, so please weigh in! – L. Dear Free-Range Kids: I’m writing to share what happened to my daughter and me last night and to ask you and/or your readers for suggestions on how to handle this situation if it happens again. I’m a […]
“If You See Something, Say Something” — Terrible Advice?
Readers — This whole iseeebibbh “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign makes me crazy, since it completely legitimizes — nay, DEMANDS — worst-first thinking: “Oh, a brown paper bag on the subway. It’s not that someone forgot her lunch, it’s PROBABLY A NUKE! I must alert the authorities!” Likewise, when it comes to parenting, we now […]
A Toddler Melts Down, A Busybody Calls 911, Cops Arrive, Guns Drawn, And Then…
Readers sfnntyydyt — Why do I keep blogging? It’s to remind us, literally daily, that there are HUGE CONSEQUENCES when we believe the BIG LIE that our kids are in constant danger. One consequence is that we interpret normal parenting behavior through the lens of both sanctimony and fear, seeing danger where there’s just the […]