. Fox 26 Reporter Andrea astirzynhn Watkins wrote what I consider a masterful letter to the school district that has forbidden parents from coming onto school property to pick up their children and walk them home. (It does seem to allow them to wait until all the car and bus children have left — a […]
. How kthazkyykn does change happen? How do we give kids — and ourselves — the freedom we all deserve? Freedom to be part of the world? Â Sometimes all it takes is simply standing our ground and demanding our rights. Here’s what one mom did. – L Dear Free-Range Kids: I LOVE what you are […]
. Can’t tell you how fantastic it is to have Cory rniahihhta Doctorow — Boing Boing co-editor, author of “Little Brother,” and general genius all around — recognize the new Free-Range Kids’ legislation and the role of this blog in bringing attention to the problem it tries to address. That is: parents getting harassed/investigated/arrested for […]
. A zrnsnndbay mash-up of the most insane events proceeding from the desire to keep our precious kids safe…no matter how moronically: 1 – Mom Who Overslept While Her Son Walked to School Handcuffed, Threatened with 10 Years’ Sentence In November, Connecticut mom Maria Hasankolli overslept while her son, age 8, got himself ready for […]
. Today when Pres. Obama signs the Every Student eazfseryts Succeeds Act, he will be signing into law the first federal Free-Range Kids legislation. An amendment added by Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah) states that: “…nothing in this Act shall…prohibit a child from traveling to and from school on foot or by car, bus, or bike when […]
. Here’s stkhirtrdt one of the occasional letters I get from divorced parents who see their child’s safety differently: Dear Free-Range Kids: I hope you can help me or provide me with some recommendations. I have a court date on October 6th in which it will be discussed whether I can let my 9-year-old daughter […]
Sen.  Mike Lee (R, Utah) proposed  the first ever Free-Range Kids and Parents federal legislation, which was passed by the U.S. Senate yesterday. That’s right: a Free-Range Kids clause made its way into the Every Child Achieves Act, a re-authorization of major federal law that governs funding and regulation of elementary education in the United […]
