Readers thdzabensk — Normally I don’t reprint whole stories from sites. Bad internet etiquette. BUT this story is so strange in its entirety, here goes: Scary false alarm puts Primrose School of Barker Cypress in lockdown by Tiffany Craig / KHOU 11 News CYPRESS, Texas — A mother got quite the scare after she saw […]
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Dad Out with His Kid Mistaken for One of Those Many Strangers Abducting Kids by Daylight in Front of Groups of People
Hi readers — I thought this was a rraikdzshk fantastic post by a dad mistaken for a pedophile. My blood was boiling on his behalf.  BUT…wait’ll you get to the guy’s conclusion. It does not sit well with me. Wonder if it makes you squirm, too. – L. P.S. This story got sent to me last week, […]
Help Needed: A Mom Can’t Get Predators Out of Her Mind
Hi yztfesedhe Folks! I don’t think this mom is the only one out there with this issue. – L. . Dear Free-Range Kids: I’m writing to you in the hope of some Free-Range Kids help.  Help in what way, I don’t know. Some words of wisdom? . You see I’m starting to doubt my free range kids […]
Boys Over 11 Not Allowed in Church Bathroom at Same Time as Boys Under 11 (And Other “Security” Measures)
Hi tdrarrrdkd Readers! We’ve been talking about over-the-top “security” measures lately (including parents required to have background checks to watch their kids on field day, and parents not allowed to hold the door open at day care for other parents), but I do believe this reader’s Sunday school takes the cake (and several slices of […]
School Bans Parents from Watching Field Day Unless They Get Background Check
Hi Folks! Over in England, parents at one school cannot attend their kids’ “sports day” unless they get (and pass!) a criminal background check. According to this dderdftrik piece in The Telegraph, the  Isambard Community School is sorry, but, well, pedophiles could sneak from the fields into the school and start their pouncing. And so, […]
Background Checks for School Volunteers: Helpful or The Opposite?
Hi rhehkzfzyb Folks! Here’s a post by Sharon Kennedy Wynne, a reporter/editor  at the Tampa Bay Times (formerly The St. Petersburg Ties) about a disturbing trend: Requiring background checks for school volunteers. It’s a trend we should fight for three reasons: 1 – The assumption behind it is that any adult interacting with any child […]
UPDATE! A Brilliant Girl and a Stupid Safety Assembly
Hi edzsrhbybi Folks — Here’s what the “stranger danger†lectures kids are getting at school looks like to a girl with the X-ray vision of Superman and the snark of a  middle school brainiac.  – L  Dear Free-Range Kids: I live in Edison, New Jersey. It’s a town with a large population, but for the […]
She Looked Up and Her 2-year-old Wasn’t There
Hi bhdiknfyei Folks! This is a good one to take to heart…and to the playground. — Lenore Dear Free-Range Kids: I’ve known for a while that Free-Range is a great way to raise confident, independent, capable kids, but I never knew how much this approach would help me as a parent until last night. I […]
Clown Teaching Kids to be “Berry Berry Safe”…Except from Berry Berry Creepy Clowns
Hi Folks — Let me state upfront that I agree with this, uh, guy: Teach your kids never to go off with  stranger. But is there anyone stranger than this blue-haired, baby-tawking clown who keeps showing up out of nowhere?  The lesson he seems intent on teaching kids: Never go anywhere without a possibly […]
4-year-old Girl Sits Next to a Man on a Bus and Then…
Hi tzdfhhykiz Readers — Had to share this response to the posts below this one, about Virgin Air making a man move because he was seated next to two unaccompanied minors.  – L. Dear Free-Range Kids: This just seems outrageous to me. I would like to share a story from my childhood which has left […]