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Free Range Kids – “My Daughter, 10, Wondered Why the Boy Walking Her Home Wanted to Go In The Alley”

Free Range Kids – “My Daughter, 10, Wondered Why the Boy Walking Her Home Wanted to Go In The Alley”

A mom lets her daughter walk home. The girl’s new friend, an older, taller boy, walks home with her…and starts talking about weird stuff. One mom’s surprising and Free-Range story: Dear Free-Range Kids:  My daughter is 10, our only child. […]

by · January 26, 2015 · Family, Health & Nutrition
Free Range Kids – Boy, 10, Bikes 20 Miles into NYC. Arrest the Parents?

Free Range Kids – Boy, 10, Bikes 20 Miles into NYC. Arrest the Parents?

Post by Contributor Lenore Skenazy Did you hear about the 10-year-old who rode his bike across the George Washington Bridge to New York City?! He says he, “pedaled twenty miles down unfamiliar roads and busy streets, past neighbors and strangers, out into […]

by · January 20, 2015 · Family, Health & Nutrition
Abuse and Inadequate Care in Nursing Homes Continue

Abuse and Inadequate Care in Nursing Homes Continue

As I opined in an editorial a few months ago, the care in nursing homes is not as it should be. Those seniors who spend their last years in nursing homes are not treated in a manner which is dignified and […]

Free Range Kids – Crossing Guard Ordered to Not “High Five” Students

Free Range Kids – Crossing Guard Ordered to Not “High Five” Students

Post by Contributor Lenore Skenazy Canadian school crossing guards who high-five students have been ordered to stop this obviously super-dangerous practice. According to GlobalNews: Kevin Jones, Peterborough’s manager of transportation, said the city is standing by its policy that bans any […]

by · January 11, 2015 · Editorials, Family