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Don't Let the Fear of Bullies Ruin Your Kid's Summer Jun. 18, 2025
If you're over 35, you probably remember playing outside till the streetlights came on. But today, a... Read More
Kids Need Freedom Nov. 13, 2024
I often report on fake "crises" pushed by media. Here's one that may be real: Kids are anxious. ... Read More
The Stealth Reason College Kids Are So Miserable May. 09, 2024
The Wall Street Journal reports that today's college students are so lonely, sad and socially anxiou... Read More
WE Are the Reason Kids Are on Screens Apr. 04, 2024
A rant. Sorry. But this culture is driving me nuts! It is BLIND to the idea that kids CAN and in re... Read More
'The Anxious Generation' Has the Worst of Both Worlds Mar. 14, 2024
In a blockbuster Atlantic piece, "The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood," my Let Grow co-fou... Read More
We Made Kids So Safe That It's Hurting Them Jan. 25, 2024
Kids need to climb trees, jump off things and ride their bikes fast. That's what the Canadian Paedia... Read More
Just Go Outside Jul. 14, 2022
It is time to go outside. Tell that to your kids. Tell that to yourself. Tell that to the culture th... Read More
The Lost Milestones of Childhood May. 19, 2022
With the popularity of Netflix's "Old Enough," the Japanese show featuring kids age 2 to 6 running e... Read More
Colorado Lawmakers Pass Kids' Independence Bill Mar. 17, 2022
Colorado kids should be getting on their sneakers. Thanks to their state legislators, they will soon... Read More
Kids Keep Getting their Freedom Later Feb. 04, 2022
On Twitter last week, I asked those born BEFORE 1982 and those born AFTER to tell us what age they w... Read More
At School, Learning Helplessness Jan. 27, 2022
Jodi M. is a seventh-grade health teacher in a quiet, distant suburb of New York City. She is worrie... Read More
Taps for the Tap? Jun. 17, 2021
'Tis the season for reminders to hydrate. As if nature had never invented a way to keep us from shri... Read More
Texas Goes Free-Range! May. 20, 2021
Hats off to Texas: Over the weekend, it became the third U.S. state, after Utah and Oklahoma, to mak... Read More
Shall I Compare Thee To a Prison Yard? Apr. 01, 2021
In an effort to eliminate bullying, a school in England has replaced breaktime playground games with... Read More
Enough With the Suspicion Already! Mar. 18, 2021
A recent story on the site Medium is by a dad whose 2-year-old wanted to take a walk in the rain wit... Read More
So, You're Bored, Kids? May. 15, 2020
"I'm not letting anyone in this house give a haircut yet, but that day may come." So says Vanessa El... Read More
Kids Coming Into Their Own Apr. 16, 2020
Nobody is saying hooray for the pandemic. But at Let Grow, we are witnessing an amazing phenomenon t... Read More
Forbidden Parenting Mar. 04, 2020
South Carolina mom Debra Harrell worked at McDonald's. She couldn't afford day care for Regina, her ... Read More
Kindergarten Isn't Fun Anymore -- and That's a Problem Jan. 02, 2020
Increased academic pressure and testing in kindergarten is bringing everyone to tears — includ... Read More
How to Raise a College Dropout Nov. 30, 2018
"Thirty percent of freshmen won't return for their sophomore year," reports a piece in The New York ... Read More
