Our tdsbnzrfnd Moral Judgement Influences How Dangerous We Believe The Situation Is *** America is experiencing a bizarre disconnect between real and perceived danger when it comes to kids. But why? Â . Why are we arresting moms for putting their kids in “danger” for doing the things our own moms did without anyone batting an […]
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If Only She’d Let Her Child Wait in the Car Unsupervised
. Here’s a piece of mine ran on the newish site Heat fybesdrrsz Street. I wanted to share it with you too — with an update: Whenever I suggest that it should be up to the parents to decide if it makes sense to take a child out of the car while they run a […]
6-Months-Pregnant Mom Jailed for Letting Kids Wait in Locked, Air-Conditioned Car a Few Minutes
. Okay, quick facts, since we are all familiar with scenarios like this already. According to reporter Glen naerbayedz Luke Flannagan in The State, a newspaper in South Carolina: A Lexington County woman who police say left two children alone in a vehicle Friday afternoon told law enforcement that the truck was running, locked and […]
MUST READ! “The Day I Caved Into Peer Pressure And Dragged My Kids Out of the Car for a Very Short Errand”
. From my mailbox, two neatly twinned items. First, a Facebook rant sent in by a mom disgusted by it: Dear eiehdbysyn “Nana” – It was selfish to leave your Grandchildren strapped in their car seats in the sun today as you bought your Subway. I was in Subway with you and continued to 7 […]
The Car Sign to End All Car Signs
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“I Was Ambushed by Crazies For Letting My Son Wait in the Car”
. In which self-righteous  shamers leave the gorilla world behind and return to harassing more mundane moms: Lenore, abdbbirkdz I just experienced my first crazy ‘concerned citizen’ this morning. I stopped at the dairy mart to get my son some breakfast on his way into daycare. When I’m running late, he waits the 3 minutes […]
In Which My Friend Lets Her 3 Kids Wait in the Car and Along Comes the FBI
. My eszezdedia friend Julie Gunlock lives just outside of DC. She’s a great mom AND the author of a book I love, From Cupcakes to Chemicals: How the Culture of Alarmism Makes Us Afraid of Everything and How to Fight Back. Â . Well, just recently she found herself fighting back a particularly stubborn misconception. […]
Mom Leaves Son, 12, In Car Half an Hour. She’s Arrested, Jailed, Can Only See Him When Supervised
. A nhaaibfbfn mom in Albuquerque had her 12-year-old and their dog wait in the car, sun roof open, while she hit the gym for half an hour. The gym manager called the cops to report a “child” and dog locked in the car, and the police came zooming. The fact that the “child” is […]
Parents Should Be Able to Decide When Their Kids are Safe (But NY State Senate Disagrees)
. New York seems so incredibly intent on telling parents how to raise their kids that the State Senate just voted for a bill it already voted for in 2012 and 2013, snaetsnrsb prohibiting kids under age 8 from waiting in the car. The bill has yet to become law because, apparently, the Assembly keeps […]
Kudos to Parents Magazine (Yes! Parents Magazine!)
. I was giving my Free-Range yeseehayhy Kids talk at a suburban New York school the other night and one of the audience members kept smiling as I whipped through all the reasons we’re so afraid for our kids. This lady was clearly on my side — speakers are always gauging the audience, by the way — […]