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Don't Let the Fear of Bullies Ruin Your Kid's Summer Jun. 18, 2025
If you're over 35, you probably remember playing outside till the streetlights came on. But today, a... Read More
Adult Child Choosing Comfort Over Family Tradition Nov. 19, 2024
Dear Annie: I'd love your perspective on an issue I'm having with my adult daughter, who lives in an... Read More
Kids Need Freedom Nov. 13, 2024
I often report on fake "crises" pushed by media. Here's one that may be real: Kids are anxious. ... Read More
Overcoming Family Guilt and Setting Boundaries Oct. 11, 2024
Dear Annie: I'm a 50-plus married empty nester with a full-time job and three dogs. Life is still bu... Read More
What Captures My Attention Versus the Decision To Train My Focus Jun. 07, 2024
Walking home from day camp with my son, I was on a mission. I wanted to hurry home and get dinner st... Read More
The Stealth Reason College Kids Are So Miserable May. 09, 2024
The Wall Street Journal reports that today's college students are so lonely, sad and socially anxiou... Read More
WE Are the Reason Kids Are on Screens Apr. 04, 2024
A rant. Sorry. But this culture is driving me nuts! It is BLIND to the idea that kids CAN and in re... Read More
'The Anxious Generation' Has the Worst of Both Worlds Mar. 14, 2024
In a blockbuster Atlantic piece, "The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood," my Let Grow co-fou... Read More
Growing Up Is the Saddest Thing of All Feb. 24, 2024
It occurred to me today that childhood is the long process of separating from your mother — fi... Read More
We Made Kids So Safe That It's Hurting Them Jan. 25, 2024
Kids need to climb trees, jump off things and ride their bikes fast. That's what the Canadian Paedia... Read More
Toronto Bans Tobogganing -- and Fun? Jan. 18, 2024
Talk about a slippery slope. Toronto recently erected "Tobogganing is not allowed" warnings on 45 hi... Read More
Christmas in the Cabbage Patch Dec. 16, 2023
This is the story of the greatest Christmas present I never got. It begins in 1983, when toy company... Read More
In A Cruel World, Sweet Memory Oct. 18, 2023
My Dad Richard and I just had a long talk about his boyhood in Madison, by the University of Wiscons... Read More
Why I'm Teaching My Son to Meditate Aug. 11, 2023
It was my fifth-grade teacher, Sister Patricia, who first introduced me to meditation. She guided th... Read More
Families on Vacation Jul. 13, 2023
When I was a kid, family travel meant four kids crammed in the back seat of a sedan poking and elbow... Read More
Don't Skip Summer Reading With Your Kids. It Really Matters. Jun. 30, 2023
We tend to relax a bit more in the summer — bedtimes get later, and many routines go out the w... Read More
Keeping Abreast May. 24, 2023
The story is familiar: a diagnosis of breast cancer, followed by surgery to remove existing, low-ris... Read More
Remembrance of Childhood Illnesses Past May. 13, 2023
Our house has once more laid low, this time by the dual demons of injury and illness. I'm hobbled, r... Read More
Getting Through to Kids About Crime Must Start by Getting Through to Lawmakers About Guns May. 01, 2023
The case of Marcus "Mojo" Ursery, 17, is the St. Louis conundrum in a nutshell. The city's exploding... Read More
I'm Sick. You're Sick. We've All Been Sick for a Year -- Here's Why. Apr. 28, 2023
In the past year my family has had COVID-19, the flu, strep throat, ear infections and many colds. T... Read More
