Lenore Skenazy
@FreeRangeKids
Founder, Free-Range Kids. President, Let Grow. Book: http://amzn.to/3DM2Wrv Let Grow Project/Experience: http://bit.ly/IndepTherapy
Is there a soul alive (not a bot) who appreciates the @Yahoo email "upgrade" that has removed the settings gear that would allow us to customize it, summarizes our emails whether we want this or not, and hides the response button, which is kind of clutch? Anyone???
"I get it..." "We get it..." These phrases are starting to grate on me. They're...smug. They're always said to affirm that the person or institution is SO in sync with us, it would be churlish to think they may NOT get it. Then they steamroll the conversation. Thoughts?
Yes!!! Let your kids DO stuff!! Stop hovering and following their every move. It's SAFER now than when we were kids and we played with no supervision for hours. Give your kids a break!
MUST-READ from @ParentMap shrink Laura Kastner: "The languishing kids I hear about are bright, digitally fluent, often sensitive—& often overwhelmed by basic tasks. Some ace tests but can’t walk 2 blocks alone or order a pizza." Her easy intervention: parentmap.com/article/how-to…
MUST-READ from @ParentMap shrink Laura Kastner: "The languishing kids I hear about are bright, digitally fluent, often sensitive—& often overwhelmed by basic tasks. Some ace tests but can’t walk 2 blocks alone or order a pizza." Her easy intervention: parentmap.com/article/how-to…
This film looks cool. From Academy Award®-nominated directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, FOLKTALES is in theaters July 25. #FolktalesFilm @MagnoliaPics
"I’m Not Anti-therapy. I Am Anti-therapy Culture," by @sambmd Includes list of 15 everyday mentally protective behaviors that improve wellbeing, no couch time required: open.substack.com/pub/drsamantha…
"What’s wild is that a capable child went out to play on his own, made it home by curfew, and nothing bad happened — and it was considered news." -- @FreeRangeKids @intellectualTO intellectualtakeout.org/2023/07/baffle…
I'm not a yoga person myself, but I absolutely loved this podcast I did with @KidsYogaStories. Deep! Fun! Funny! And we didn't actually discuss yoga! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/037…
Great post on our Raising Independent Kids FB Group (facebook.com/groups/7599382… ), by mom Heather Wallace, about the parents who let their kids, 7 & 10, walk home from the grocery and the younger boy was hit by a car and died. Writes Heather: "The parents were then arrested for…
And Newburyport, Mass, is having a Let Grow summer, too! Love these communities encouraging their kids to be out and about, getting to know the neighborhood and neighbors! And growing in competence and independence! @LetGrowOrg
@LetGrowOrg @FreeRangeKids Shelby County, Missouri with the front page Let Grow Summer Challenge!
From @FreeRangeKids: What to do when children refuse to play outside or even get off the couch: it can be a challenge to get a child to let go of the apron strings without feeling forced, resentful, or scared. buff.ly/B9ujRG2
@LetGrowOrg @FreeRangeKids Shelby County, Missouri with the front page Let Grow Summer Challenge!
Alan Rinzler (center) was the first editor to publish Toni Morrison. He also edited/published books by Hunter S Thompson, Jerzy Kosinski, Clive Cussler, Robert Ludlum--and me! He truly shaped Free-Range Kids. Loved seeing him & his wife Cheryl today! alanrinzler.com/author-list/
Show me your culture has gone insane without saying your culture has gone insane. "One study of over 1,000 youth athletes, found that 60% of them had specialized in a single sport before age 12 and that the mean age of SPECIALIZATION was 8.1." petergray.substack.com/p/79-the-decli…