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Letting Your Kid Play at the Park Is NOT Child Neglect Aug. 03, 2023
The Tucson mom found guilty of neglect for letting her 7-year-old son play at the park has finally h... Read More
Fearmongering Moms, Take Note! Jul. 06, 2023
Maybe this will convince other moms not to make outrageous claims on social media. A Petaluma, Calif... Read More
Show The Nice Man Your Resume, Tyler Jun. 22, 2023
A recent front page article in The Wall Street Journal chronicles a problem that seems to be a sign ... Read More
Cops Telling Parents How to Raise Their Kids Jun. 15, 2023
At last, it was the big day for Tom D's daughter, age 6: The day she would walk to get a Gatorade al... Read More
Why Do We Keep Underestimating Kids? May. 25, 2023
Child protection laws and policies that determine at what age kids can do things on their own are of... Read More
No, Her Kids Were NOT Almost Kidnapped May. 04, 2023
"My children were the targets of attempted kidnap," Katie Sorensen, 31, announced in a viral two-par... Read More
Virginia Makes It Legal for Kids to Play Outside Mar. 30, 2023
Children in Virginia can now play outside without their parents getting investigated for neglect. Im... Read More
We Wanted the Best for Our Kids -- But Made a Mistake Mar. 23, 2023
An article about to be published in the Journal of Pediatrics is titled, "Decline in Independent Act... Read More
NJ Dad Arrested After Letting His Child Walk Outside Mar. 09, 2023
This fall, just as Keith Kaplan was finishing up his first term as a town councilman in the New York... Read More
Still Judging Parents, Even When They're Dead Feb. 16, 2023
A very long study of about 1,000 adults born in the '50s and '60s looked at how they were raised, an... Read More
The Dunkin' Donuts Case Feb. 02, 2023
It was Super Bowl Sunday in February 2019. Cynthia Rivers and her husband decided that their kids, 7... Read More
Letting Kids Play Outside is Not Neglect Jan. 19, 2023
Each year, the nonprofit I helm, Let Grow, works with local advocacy groups, parents and sometimes e... Read More
More Stuff for Parents to Buy Jan. 12, 2023
"Walking Wings" aren't wings. The product is a vest that goes around your baby with long straps on t... Read More
Safety Gone Overboard Dec. 29, 2022
What happens when society get so concerned about child safety that it starts imagining danger EVERYW... Read More
How Can Parents Not Fear the Worst? Dec. 08, 2022
Sorrow and anger rage in our hearts. A child has been murdered. Athena Strand, 7, was abducted and m... Read More
Snicker at These Halloween Warnings Oct. 20, 2022
Halloween needs a new name. I propose "Hallosteria." Here's why. Every year, busywork bureaucrats an... Read More
Peddling the Drug Called Fear Sep. 29, 2022
The Drug Enforcement Agency is warning that drug cartels are making colorful "rainbow fentanyl" to a... Read More
Fearmongering for Fun and Profit Sep. 22, 2022
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) gets about $40 million a year in fede... Read More
Mom Guilty of Not Being Paranoid Enough Sep. 01, 2022
"I do not believe that I neglected him. No, I believe that playing in the park is something that... ... Read More
Parents, You Can Sit This One Out Aug. 25, 2022
The website Scary Mommy is always on top of parenting trends, and its latest discovery is "sittervis... Read More
