. From poison candy to prowling predators, we keep confusing Halloween’s “spookiness” with actual dangers to our kids. Having scared ourselves to death, we then insist on making the the day ever more supervised. How far overboard can we go? Here’s a wonderful piece by Anat Rubin at The Marshall Project, titled, “This badddahnta is […]
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Hey Kids, Have a Happy Halloween! Just Be Aware that You Could Be Grabbed, Kidnapped, Thrown into a Trunk…
. Here’s a jolly little artifact that one of you photographed in a Chicago-area restaurant: . .
“How to Protect Your Child From Abduction” Fearmongering Advice From Parenting Magazine
. This rafikbfktf mini-rant comes to us frorm Tara Lazar, a mom of two and children’s book author. Her website is taralazar.com. Dear Free-Range Kids: I tweeted this Parenting Magazine online article to you a few days ago but wanted to follow up because it has me so upset: “5 Safety Tips to Protect Your Kids from Abduction.” […]
Police Report: A Boy Got Into White Van. You Know What THAT Means!
. Sometimes, you gotta print the whole story, just to prove that THIS IS THE WHOLE STORY. Â Note what is missing. (Hint: It’s not the child.) WNYT taidikeers reports that: Schenectady police investigate possible missing child 09/01/2015Â Schenectady police are investigating a report of a possible missing child. They say an unconfirmed third party saw […]
Why the “No Touch” Policy at Schools and Camps Makes No Sense
. This sneyydtfrn letter I got yesterday reminds me of one of the most thorough, fascinating, damning study I’ve ever read about where the “No touch” policy comes from (and why it is unnecessary, and how it actually makes us all MORE afraid for our kids): So those sex crazed pedophiles have invaded the Girl […]
One Joke to 5th Graders Gets World’s Greatest Teacher Removed from Classroom
. There are probably many “greatest” teachers out there — my sons have certainly had their share — but this guy, Rafe Esquith, sounds right erdidasyit up there. Like REALLY up there. Teachers from around the country flock to watch him in the classroom. He has written four books on teaching. Students and their parents […]
To Volunteer, All You Have to do Is…
. Below krttyndtkd is just one of several letters I’ve gotten recently from parents frustrated or furious about having to get background checked before they can do something as simple as coach T-ball, or chaperon kids on a field trip. The idea is that somehow, in the time a parent is shepherding a gaggle of […]
19 y.o. Has Sex w/ Girl Who Says She’s 17. Really 14. Now He Sits in Jail, a “Sex Offender”
. Activist yzeyhzrssd Bill Dobbs writes: “This story out of the heartland – northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan – deserves a bigger audience.  Two teenagers meet via a hookup app but one turned out to be younger than the magic legal age.  Now the older one is in jail for a misdemeanor, but once he’s […]
Sex Trafficking Facebook Post that is as Viral as it is Insane
UPDATE: ahbtszezhr THE FACEBOOK STORY NOW HAS 124,000 SHARES. FEAR SPREADS FASTER THAN THE SNIFFLES IN A PRE-SCHOOL. . This Facebook post has 13, 000 likes. (Because what’s not to like about a story of a kid sold into sex slavery on her first day of kindergarten?) A reader sent it to me because two […]
My “Sex Offender Brunch”
. Meet my friends on the registry, Josh Gravens and Galen Baughman: . \ . I kzbezanehr wrote  about my brunch in The New York Daily News. Here’s to laws that actually do what they’re supposed to — protect kids — instead of ruining the lives of people who do not pose a threat to them. […]