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Period.", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/kirstie-allsopp-did-not-neglect-her-son-period/", "published_at": "2024-08-28T19:56:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c545-e8cf-71f8-b2c7-9d2b09a293b6", "title": "Keeping Divorced Dads in the Picture", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/keeping-divorced-dads-in-the-picture/", "published_at": "2024-08-23T20:57:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c545-e8cf-71f8-b2c7-9d2b09bb6928", "title": "The Hero’s Journey, Middle School Version: Talking to A Grownup at the Grocery", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/the-heros-journey-middle-school-version-talking-to-a-grownup-at-the-grocery/", "published_at": "2024-08-19T21:13:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-ad77-7106-a8a2-8dddea052e77", "title": "Screamed at For Taking a Picture…With Some Kids In It", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/screamed-at-for-taking-a-picture-with-some-kids-in-it/", "published_at": "2024-07-17T18:54:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-ad77-7106-a8a2-8dddea495cb4", "title": "She Walked Away from A Million Followers to Let Her Kids Free-Range", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/she-walked-away-from-a-million-followers-to-let-her-kids-free-range/", "published_at": "2024-07-05T21:15:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-ad77-7106-a8a2-8dddeb30773b", "title": "Is The Phone for My Kids’ Safety…Or My Own Anxiety?", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/is-the-phone-for-my-kids-safety-or-my-own-anxiety/", "published_at": "2024-07-02T19:20:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-ad77-7106-a8a2-8dddec2b60ef", "title": "Every Day is the Worst Day Ever, Signed, The Media", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/every-day-is-the-worst-day-ever-signed-the-media/", "published_at": "2024-06-18T01:30:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-ad77-7106-a8a2-8ddded2084da", "title": "How Kids Learn to Handle Jerks, and an Elegant Example", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/how-kids-learn-to-handle-jerks-and-an-elegant-example/", "published_at": "2024-06-05T15:26:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-ad77-7106-a8a2-8ddded777dd9", "title": "Help! I’ve Become a Helicopter Parent!", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/help-ive-become-a-helicopter-parent/", "published_at": "2024-05-31T17:51:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-ad77-7106-a8a2-8dddee4070ca", "title": "How a Little Independence Dramatically Changed My Patient, Age 11, Who Has Autism", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/how-a-little-independence-dramatically-changed-my-patient-age-11-who-has-autism/", "published_at": "2024-05-24T15:43:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-ad77-7106-a8a2-8dddee6a0a46", "title": "When You’re The Answer to a Jeopardy Clue", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/when-youre-the-answer-to-a-jeopardy-clue/", "published_at": "2024-05-13T22:13:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-ad77-7106-a8a2-8dddef380e85", "title": "U Michigan Researcher Sarah Clark: Only 8% of 18 Year Olds Can Schedule a Doctor’s Appointment", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/u-michigan-researcher-sarah-clark-only-8-of-18-year-olds-can-schedule-a-doctors-appointment/", "published_at": "2024-05-09T20:10:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-ad77-7106-a8a2-8dddef9b0cc5", "title": "I Let My Kids Go to the Library Without Me", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/i-let-my-kids-go-to-the-library-without-me/", "published_at": "2024-04-25T21:11:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-146c-73a0-b2f6-2dd5e430b405", "title": "Jon Haidt Inspired Me to Let My Kid Walk Home from School. And Then —", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/jon-haidt-inspired-me-to-let-my-kid-walk-home-from-school-and-then/", "published_at": "2024-04-02T13:52:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-146c-73a0-b2f6-2dd5e45ed99d", "title": "Real World Stats About the Odds of Your Kid Being Kidnapped…and Everything Else!", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/real-world-stats-about-the-odds-of-your-kid-being-kidnapped-and-everything-else/", "published_at": "2024-03-19T17:57:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-146c-73a0-b2f6-2dd5e50bf9bb", "title": "Jon Haidt Says Don’t Just Take Away Kids’ Phones, Give Them Independence!", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/jon-haidt-says-dont-just-take-away-kids-phones-give-them-independence/", "published_at": "2024-03-14T21:48:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-146c-73a0-b2f6-2dd5e5a5531a", "title": "What Age Would You Let Your Child Go to a Different Aisle at the Store?", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/what-age-would-you-let-your-child-go-to-a-different-aisle-at-the-store/", "published_at": "2024-03-05T19:56:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-146c-73a0-b2f6-2dd5e6554e89", "title": "Which Wolf Do You Feed?", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/which-wolf-do-you-feed/", "published_at": "2024-02-28T04:55:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-146c-73a0-b2f6-2dd5e67e8d12", "title": "Frolicking is Forbidden! Playground Sign Lists 21 Rules", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/frolicking-is-forbidden-playground-sign-lists-21-rules/", "published_at": "2024-02-21T18:50:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-146c-73a0-b2f6-2dd5e74e4028", "title": "Okay for Kids, 9 & 12, To Stay Alone in Hotel Room for an Evening?", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/ok-for-kids-9-12-to-stay-alone-in-hotel-room-for-an-evening/", "published_at": "2024-02-13T22:10:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-146c-73a0-b2f6-2dd5e78b5b17", "title": "How To Make Kids Spend Even MORE Time on Phones?", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/how-to-make-kids-spend-even-more-time-on-phones/", "published_at": "2024-02-09T18:52:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-146c-73a0-b2f6-2dd5e88b152b", "title": "Canada Closing Several Schools So Kids Can Stay Inside During Eclipse", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/canada-closing-several-schools-so-kids-can-stay-inside-during-eclipse/", "published_at": "2024-02-01T18:57:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c557-146c-73a0-b2f6-2dd5e91d39f8", "title": "Pediatric Society Declares Old-Fashioned, Unsupervised Play is Preventative Medicine", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/pediatric-society-declares-old-fashioned-unsupervised-play-is-preventative-medicine/", "published_at": "2024-01-27T00:03:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-46fc-71bd-9129-3229bd0bbf0f", "title": "How the Media Makes Us Scared for Our Kids", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/how-the-media-makes-us-scared-for-our-kids/", "published_at": "2024-01-25T03:15:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-46fc-71bd-9129-3229bd408a3f", "title": "Of Cars and Kids and Playing Outside", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/of-cars-and-kids-and-playing-outside/", "published_at": "2024-01-16T19:24:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-46fc-71bd-9129-3229bd913c4b", "title": "How to Worry Less About Very Unlikely Dangers: Some Tips!", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/how-to-worry-less-about-very-unlikely-dangers-some-tips/", "published_at": "2024-01-04T23:49:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-46fc-71bd-9129-3229be248a67", "title": "Was This an Attempted Kidnapping? Or Not?", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/was-this-an-attempted-kidnapping-or-not/", "published_at": "2024-01-03T18:39:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-46fc-71bd-9129-3229bea32b6d", "title": "The 10 Worst Free-Range Parenting Stories of 2023 — And One That Will Give You Great Hope!", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/the-10-worst-free-range-parenting-stories-of-2023-and-one-that-will-give-you-great-hope/", "published_at": "2023-12-29T18:23:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-46fc-71bd-9129-3229bef6a1a4", "title": "A Mom Reads Her Kids the Children’s Book She Loved…And They Go “Meh”", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/a-mom-reads-her-kids-the-childrens-book-she-loved-and-they-go-meh/", "published_at": "2023-12-27T17:00:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-46fc-71bd-9129-3229bf8e1556", "title": "A Child Anxiety Therapist Recommends Parents Push One Particular Thing", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/a-child-anxiety-therapist-recommends-parents-push-one-particular-thing/", "published_at": "2023-12-20T18:23:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-46fc-71bd-9129-3229bff6012c", "title": "Don’t Tell Kids That Someone Could Grab Them", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/dont-tell-kids-that-someone-could-grab-them/", "published_at": "2023-12-12T20:15:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-46fc-71bd-9129-3229c0e1c636", "title": "Want Students to Succeed Almost Every Possible Way? Start a Play Club", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/want-students-to-succeed-almost-every-possible-way-start-a-play-club/", "published_at": "2023-12-10T01:52:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-46fc-71bd-9129-3229c18d51a5", "title": "Thank You Garry Trudeau for Today’s Free-Range Kids Edition of Doonesbury!", "url": "https://www.freerangekids.com/thank-you-garry-trudeau-for-todays-free-range-kids-edition-of-doonesbury/", "published_at": "2023-12-03T17:45:31+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Mom Arrested, Sentenced for Letting Son, 5, Walk in Neighborhoodoriginal ↗
3 Sept 2026
Of Helen Keller and Helicopter Parentingoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2026
Kids Outside, Cops Called: FOUR SEPARATE TIMESoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2026
Mom vs. The Monster Under the Bed: A Surprising Poemoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2026
THE DECLARATION OF CHILDHOOD INDEPENDENCE!original ↗
2 Jul 2026
“1500 Photos a Day Is Not Enough for Them”original ↗
8 Jun 2026
Majority of 14-Year-Olds Not Allowed Off Their BLOCK???original ↗
27 May 2026
Congress to Consider Letting Kids Be Kidsoriginal ↗
14 May 2026
The “Lord of the Flies” Problemoriginal ↗
7 May 2026
It’s Hard to Get My Kid Outsideoriginal ↗
5 May 2026
Lenore, Do You Not CARE About Kids and Phones?original ↗
23 Apr 2026
Free-Range Passover?original ↗
1 Apr 2026
The Issue Newsom and Cox Agree On!original ↗
20 Mar 2026
Left? Right? Newsom and Cox Weigh in on Childhood Independence (Jennifer and Abby, That is)original ↗
13 Mar 2026
Toys Tell Us What’s Going on in Childhoodoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2026
Advice Columnist: NEVER LET YOUR KID DO ANYTHING ALONE TILL AGE 11!original ↗
19 Feb 2026
The Real Reason You’re Sitting in the Drop-Off Lineoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2026
Letting Your Kid Ride His Scooter is “Neglect”?original ↗
26 Jan 2026
It’s Safe to Look Back! The Worst Free-Range Kids Stories of 2025original ↗
5 Jan 2026

2025

A Short, Happy Message about Crimeoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2025
BAD LUCK is not BAD PARENTING: The Unending Trials of the Dad Whose Son Died Walking Homeoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2025
One Reason Childhood Is So Boring Noworiginal ↗
1 Dec 2025
Thanks For Not Being Chicken, Moms!original ↗
23 Nov 2025
Bored Kid, 12, Gets Tons of Friends to Play Outsideoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2025
Short & Sweet: How We Got to Helicopter Parentingoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2025
Time Magazine Loves The Balance Project and So Do I!original ↗
22 Sept 2025
A Shaky Reason for Taking Babies from Parentsoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2025
Boy Walks to Chick-fil-A on His Own and Cops Spring Into Actionoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2025
Me and My First and Only TED Talk!original ↗
28 Aug 2025
Quit Making “Back to School” Jitters into Yet Another Mental Health Crisisoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2025
Hello, Child! I’m Your New Best Friend, A.I. Barbieoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2025
Want Kids to Spend Less Time in the Virtual World? Give Them Back the Real One!original ↗
4 Aug 2025
The New Yorker Calls Me a Rambunctious Museoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2025
“I Barely Ever Look at It” Doesn’t Change the fact That Tracking Our Kids Changes Childhoodoriginal ↗
11 Jul 2025
Advice for a Mom Whose Kid Doesn’t WANT Independenceoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2025
When Mall Rats are Banned from the Malloriginal ↗
27 Jun 2025
Six Truths about Bullies and Bullyingoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2025
How to Get Your Kids Off the Couch & Out The Doororiginal ↗
16 Jun 2025
Authorities Forbid Parents to Attend Funeral of Son Who Ran into Trafficoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2025
Constant Parental Anxiety FEELS Natural but It Has Been Cultivatedoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2025
A Helicopter Mom Decides to Change. Here’s How She Did Itoriginal ↗
27 May 2025
Camp Director Georgia Del Favero: Why I Don’t Post Daily Photos from Our Overnight Camporiginal ↗
5 May 2025
Leaving Baby Alone in a Hotel Room with a Monitor: Is That Okay?original ↗
1 May 2025
“There But For The Grace of God Go I” Parenting Pledgeoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2025
Bravery In Mom, Son, and Chick-fil-Aoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2025
The False Promise of Parental “Peace of Mind”original ↗
3 Apr 2025
Georgia Arrested This Mom When Her Son Walked to Town. Tuesday, It Passed Our “Childhood Independence” Laworiginal ↗
25 Mar 2025
The Psychic Tragedy of Everyone Getting a Trophyoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2025
Nature Is Not a Snooty Museum! Let Kids Tear Off Some Leaves, For Gosh’ Sakeoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2025
Are Birth Rates Plunging Because Parenting Has Become a RELENTLESS DRAG?original ↗
10 Mar 2025
My Kid Fell and Needed Brain Surgery: How Can I Free-Range NOW???original ↗
5 Mar 2025
Let’s Just Call This My Anti-Parents-Magazine Rant #2,393original ↗
20 Feb 2025
No More Knocks on the Doors of Decent Parents: 5 States Considering Reasonable Childhood Independence Laws!original ↗
14 Feb 2025
Letting Kids Bicker Has Its Rewards (Especially If We’re Not Around!)original ↗
31 Jan 2025
Frozen With Fear No More: One Mom’s Frosty, Free-Range Journey!original ↗
27 Jan 2025
Legally, What Age Can Kids Play Outside, Unsupervised?original ↗
20 Jan 2025
What Happens When a Head of School Makes Recess (and beyond) Fabulous!original ↗
10 Jan 2025
The 10 Worst Free-Range Stories of 2024 — and Four Big Reasons for Hope!original ↗
2 Jan 2025

2024

All of Meoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2024
Free-Range Kids, Brittany Patterson, and Arresting Moms Whose Kids Take a Walkoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2024
How Helicopter Parenting Morphed into “Intensive Parenting”original ↗
14 Nov 2024
When Societies Get Stuck in a Bad Placeoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2024
John Stossel: Mom Arrested for Letting Kid Walk Outsideoriginal ↗
22 Oct 2024
Birch Wathen Lenox: The School Giving Kids Amazing Independence and Free Play!original ↗
16 Oct 2024
Catastrophizing a Playdateoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2024
I’m a Child Psychologist: Kids Need More Play!original ↗
11 Sept 2024
Dear Surgeon General: The Easiest, Free-est Way to Help Frazzled Parentsoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2024
Kirstie Allsopp Did NOT Neglect Her Son. Period.original ↗
28 Aug 2024
Keeping Divorced Dads in the Pictureoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2024
The Hero’s Journey, Middle School Version: Talking to A Grownup at the Groceryoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2024
Screamed at For Taking a Picture…With Some Kids In Itoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2024
She Walked Away from A Million Followers to Let Her Kids Free-Rangeoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2024
Is The Phone for My Kids’ Safety…Or My Own Anxiety?original ↗
2 Jul 2024
Every Day is the Worst Day Ever, Signed, The Mediaoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2024
How Kids Learn to Handle Jerks, and an Elegant Exampleoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2024
Help! I’ve Become a Helicopter Parent!original ↗
31 May 2024
How a Little Independence Dramatically Changed My Patient, Age 11, Who Has Autismoriginal ↗
24 May 2024
When You’re The Answer to a Jeopardy Clueoriginal ↗
13 May 2024
U Michigan Researcher Sarah Clark: Only 8% of 18 Year Olds Can Schedule a Doctor’s Appointmentoriginal ↗
9 May 2024
I Let My Kids Go to the Library Without Meoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2024
Jon Haidt Inspired Me to Let My Kid Walk Home from School. And Then —original ↗
2 Apr 2024
Real World Stats About the Odds of Your Kid Being Kidnapped…and Everything Else!original ↗
19 Mar 2024
Jon Haidt Says Don’t Just Take Away Kids’ Phones, Give Them Independence!original ↗
14 Mar 2024
What Age Would You Let Your Child Go to a Different Aisle at the Store?original ↗
5 Mar 2024
Which Wolf Do You Feed?original ↗
28 Feb 2024
Frolicking is Forbidden! Playground Sign Lists 21 Rulesoriginal ↗
21 Feb 2024
Okay for Kids, 9 & 12, To Stay Alone in Hotel Room for an Evening?original ↗
13 Feb 2024
How To Make Kids Spend Even MORE Time on Phones?original ↗
9 Feb 2024
Canada Closing Several Schools So Kids Can Stay Inside During Eclipseoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2024
Pediatric Society Declares Old-Fashioned, Unsupervised Play is Preventative Medicineoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2024
How the Media Makes Us Scared for Our Kidsoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2024
Of Cars and Kids and Playing Outsideoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2024
How to Worry Less About Very Unlikely Dangers: Some Tips!original ↗
4 Jan 2024
Was This an Attempted Kidnapping? Or Not?original ↗
3 Jan 2024

2023

The 10 Worst Free-Range Parenting Stories of 2023 — And One That Will Give You Great Hope!original ↗
29 Dec 2023
A Mom Reads Her Kids the Children’s Book She Loved…And They Go “Meh”original ↗
27 Dec 2023
A Child Anxiety Therapist Recommends Parents Push One Particular Thingoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2023
Don’t Tell Kids That Someone Could Grab Themoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2023
Want Students to Succeed Almost Every Possible Way? Start a Play Cluboriginal ↗
10 Dec 2023
Thank You Garry Trudeau for Today’s Free-Range Kids Edition of Doonesbury!original ↗
3 Dec 2023
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