British Kids Being Mummy-fied
Hi Readers: Just in case you were wondering what America may to start look like, in terms of helicoptering, check out this story from ahead-of-the-craziness-curve England. It notes: The survey of...
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Today’s Free-Range cartoon, as seen in the brilliant Baby Blues. What a great comic strip that is! And alas, I can’t figure out how to shrink this to fit my screen here, so I will give you the...
View ArticleRecent Tweets and Tidbits!
Hi Readers — I know not all of you follow Twitter, so I’m pasting some recent tweets (Tweets?) here for your perusal. Wonder which ones you’ll comment on! L. Swing sets removed from some W. Va. schools...
View ArticleI Thought This Was a Parody
Hi Readers! I wish this WAS a joke: A mama’s rant with about 100 “Amen!” comments after it, that basically makes the case for clinical paranoia. Commendably, the blogging mom believes that her child IS...
View ArticleWarning! Divorced Dad at Home During Sleepover!!!
Hi Folks! Here’s why I rag on the parenting magazines. Not only do they obsess about every little detail of parenting as if it’s a make-or-break decision, but often they indulge in Worst-First...
View ArticleFILL IN THE BLANK: You Know You’re a Free-Range Parent When…
Readers: A note I got yesterday: we have so called free rangers in our neighborhood. rude, inconsiderate, etc.-their parents do not have a clue where they are or how they act. neither do they care....
View ArticleFree-Range House Call on “The Today Show”
Hi Folks — Let’s hear it for Real Simple Magazine which is running an article by self-professed overprotective mom Jennifer Breheny Wallace who wanted to stop worrying so much. It begins: ” A couple of...
View ArticleYou’d Let Your Kids Go on a SLEEPOVER?! Isn’t That Like a Death Wish?
Readers — I not only appreciated this letter one of you just sent, I found the Rosetta stone of parental worry in the article she links to! Dear Free-Range Kids Do you let your kids have sleepovers?...
View ArticleAre Sleepovers Too Dangerous to Allow Anymore?
Readers: Remember, whenever considering any childhood activity, no matter how innocuous, first think about how TERRIBLE you’d feel if it ended up a tragedy from which your children (if they survive)...
View ArticleFILL IN THE BLANK: You Know You’re a Free-Range Parent When…
Readers: A note I got yesterday: we raiabdzndt have so called free rangers in our neighborhood. rude, inconsiderate, etc.-their parents do not have a clue where they are or how they act. neither do...
View ArticleFree-Range House Call on “The Today Show”
Hi Folks — Let’s hear it for Real Simple Magazine which is running anbsdedikh an article by self-professed overprotective mom Jennifer Breheny Wallace who wanted to stop worrying so much. It begins: ”...
View ArticleYou’d Let Your Kids Go on a SLEEPOVER?! Isn’t That Like a Death Wish?
Readers — I not only appreciated this letter one of you just sent, I found the Rosetta stone of parental worry in the article she links to! Dear dtihzsybrn Free-Range Kids Do you let your kids have...
View ArticleAre Sleepovers Too Dangerous to Allow Anymore?
Readers: nrfirydbif Remember, whenever considering any childhood activity, no matter how innocuous, first think about how TERRIBLE you’d feel if it ended up a tragedy from which your children (if they...
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