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Put Poverty on Trial, Not This Mom Aug. 10, 2023

Lenore Skenazy

Tabitha Frank, a Hartford, Connecticut, mom whose 2-year-old son died from falling out a window whil... Read More

Letting Your Kid Play at the Park Is NOT Child Neglect Aug. 03, 2023

Lenore Skenazy

The Tucson mom found guilty of neglect for letting her 7-year-old son play at the park has finally h... Read More

Something Bad Could Have Happened! Jul. 27, 2023

Lenore Skenazy

It's like steak seasoning. The media takes a rather straightforward story and liberally sprinkles it... Read More

Baffled by a Playdate Jul. 20, 2023

Lenore Skenazy

A mom took to TikTok, begging for advice: "My kid was outside, another kid was walking outside somew... Read More

Why Our Kids Would've Died in the Jungle Jul. 13, 2023

Lenore Skenazy

You may have heard that emergency workers recently rescued four siblings between the ages of 1 and 1... Read More

Fearmongering Moms, Take Note! Jul. 06, 2023

Lenore Skenazy

Maybe this will convince other moms not to make outrageous claims on social media. A Petaluma, Calif... Read More

Show The Nice Man Your Resume, Tyler Jun. 22, 2023

Lenore Skenazy

A recent front page article in The Wall Street Journal chronicles a problem that seems to be a sign ... Read More

Cops Telling Parents How to Raise Their Kids Jun. 15, 2023

Lenore Skenazy

At last, it was the big day for Tom D's daughter, age 6: The day she would walk to get a Gatorade al... Read More

Kids Don't Need Exceptions, They Need Fortitude Jun. 09, 2023

Holding Space for Good

My son has been pouting about a life jacket for two days. Summer has begun and so has day camp at th... Read More

Let Your Kids Waste Some Time Jun. 08, 2023

Lenore Skenazy

Meet Rod Brooks, a guy whose life story embodies the big idea: What we do as kids, just for fun, i... Read More

Are You Raising a Free-Range Kid? Jun. 02, 2023

Holding Space for Good

How much independence is your child really ready to handle, and how willing are you to grant it? "Mo... Read More

The Scariest Danger of Summer Jun. 01, 2023

Lenore Skenazy

If you want to keep your kids safe this summer, don't focus on stranger danger. (Especially since th... Read More

Why Do We Keep Underestimating Kids? May. 25, 2023

Lenore Skenazy

Child protection laws and policies that determine at what age kids can do things on their own are of... Read More

No, Her Kids Were NOT Almost Kidnapped May. 04, 2023

Lenore Skenazy

"My children were the targets of attempted kidnap," Katie Sorensen, 31, announced in a viral two-par... Read More

Why It's So Hard to Get Kids Off Their Screens Apr. 27, 2023

Lenore Skenazy

"How many of you have closed your email and then immediately reopened it because you might have just... Read More

Virginia Makes It Legal for Kids to Play Outside Mar. 30, 2023

Lenore Skenazy

Children in Virginia can now play outside without their parents getting investigated for neglect. Im... Read More

We Wanted the Best for Our Kids -- But Made a Mistake Mar. 23, 2023

Lenore Skenazy

An article about to be published in the Journal of Pediatrics is titled, "Decline in Independent Act... Read More

On Parenting: These 7 Things I Know for Sure Mar. 10, 2023

Holding Space for Good

I am by no means a perfect parent, but I have three kids ages 27, 22 and 7 years old. I swear the yo... Read More

NJ Dad Arrested After Letting His Child Walk Outside Mar. 09, 2023

Lenore Skenazy

This fall, just as Keith Kaplan was finishing up his first term as a town councilman in the New York... Read More

Adults Are the Reason Kids are Addicted to Phones Mar. 02, 2023

Lenore Skenazy

What to do about all the young people on their phones, growing depressed, anxious... and worse? Well... Read More