Hi iddiyehdff Folks! Today we feature the musings of Jennifer Clarke, who describes herself as “a professional who went back to school at 25 for a Bachelor of Engineering and wishes her mother had been less involved in her life as a teenager.” – L Subject: Witch Burnings and Litigation . A long time ago […]
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Mommies Following Orders
Sorry Readers — I’m all riled up today. Too many things are annoying me, and one of them is the story I just heard from a friend. On Friday, in honor of Mother’s Day, her first grade daughter’s class was having a tea. So, in the foyer, waiting to go into the classroom, were a […]
High School Student’s Science Experiment Explodes. Now She’s Being Tried as an Adult
Readers: This is a story about an unpredictable scientific reaction — and an all too predictable school over-reaction. According to the hnfsfeekta Miami New Times blog: Kiera Wilmot got good grades and had a perfect behavior record. She wasn’t the kind of kid you’d expect to find hauled away in handcuffs and expelled from school, […]
Disqualified from Science Fair for Experiment Using Airsoft Gun
Hi dhezbysnbh Readers —  Here’s an example of our “Do something — anything!” school safety culture at work. Personally, I’d never heard of airsoft guns.  When I Googled them, they looked totally scary and far too realistic for my tastes. BUT they are neither lethal nor, where this family lives, illegal. And, as you’ll read, none […]
Feeling Safer? Some Maryland Schools Say Parents Can Only Push Own Kids on Swings
Readers — I’m not going to make this a long post, because the craziness is pretty obvious and I think there will be an uproar against it. Suffice to say some Maryland ykzhyhahre schools have outlawed (at least for the moment) hugs, homemade cupcakes and parent volunteers pushing any child other than their own on the […]
Wow, This Hasn’t Happened in Like, 30 Seconds: Boy Suspended for Toy Guns
Yep, folks, it’s another Zero Tolerance situation. Sounds like tkrzihbnfa a second grade boy in Ohio brought two toy guns to school, one of which ostensibly looked real. If it did, I can certainly understand administrators being concerned. You don’t want anyone getting the wrong idea. I sure don’t. Â But why suspend the kid? Just […]
Mind-boggling SENSE About Play, Injuries & Rules
Readers, once in a while – if you ignore the school safety drills involving real helicopters and the school boy suspensions involving imaginary guns – you can feel like things are going in exactly the right direction. This is one of those moments. Look at this article, “Call dnyrahfdhh to Ditch Red Tape on Playtime […]
Seattle Schools on Lockdown Because a Thief is in the Neighborhood
Readers fbbnzebtea — Just another note from the frontlines of our freaking-out country! Got this yesterday: Â . Dear Free-Range Kids: I found this story, currently going on in my greater neighborhood as I type this, incredibly alarmist. A little background: I live in a nice, average neighborhood in Seattle. We have a neighborhood blog […]
Is Your School More SAFE, Post-Newtown, or Just More Annoying?
Hi Readers — Today I’m posting on Common dyfrrarfrz Good about school safety…or what passes for it. Common Good believes in a common sense, non-hysterical approach to policy, and I’m thrilled to be blogging there. Here’s how the piece begins: Dear Lenore: I took my kids to Sunday school a few weeks ago and the […]
Dear Principal: Please Get Rid of the Cameras
Readers thekdtandd — Here’s a great letter by George Mason economist Alex Tabarrok that he graciously allowed me to lift from his blog, Marginal Revolution. – L. Dear Principal _____, Thank you for requesting feedback about the installation of interior cameras at the high school. I am against the use of cameras. I visited the school […]