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The Tyranny of Too Much Teaching Dec. 01, 2022
It's snuggly time with your little one, who is not even in kindergarten yet. His little head rests a... 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
Of Laundry Lessons and College Aug. 18, 2022
Forgive the long quote coming up, but it is instructive. (And wild!) The president of Hamilton Colle... Read More
Letter to a Worried Grandma Jun. 02, 2022
A grandma wrote to say she'd seen her daughter cutting up her granddaughters' meat at dinner —... Read More
The Lost Milestones of Childhood May. 19, 2022
With the popularity of Netflix's "Old Enough," the Japanese show featuring kids age 2 to 6 running e... Read More
Too Many Parents Second-Guessing Themselves Jun. 10, 2021
Obviously, a poll on Twitter is nowhere near scientific, and that is even more obviously true when i... Read More
The Risk of No Risk Jun. 03, 2021
We humans get risk wrong. We focus on what's top of mind or top of the fear chart — not what's... Read More
Shall I Compare Thee To a Prison Yard? Apr. 01, 2021
In an effort to eliminate bullying, a school in England has replaced breaktime playground games with... Read More
Mom Investigated for Being 7 Minutes Late to Pick Up Her Son Mar. 25, 2021
When 10-year-old Braylin Harvey was picked up seven minutes late from his Chicago public school, the... Read More
Enough With the Suspicion Already! Mar. 18, 2021
A recent story on the site Medium is by a dad whose 2-year-old wanted to take a walk in the rain wit... Read More
Kids Under Surveillance Mar. 11, 2021
Students at 11 Chinese schools (so far) are required to wear "smart" uniforms that track their every... Read More
A Reversal of Fortune for Motel 6 Mom Feb. 25, 2021
Shaina Bell, the 24-year-old Ohio mom arrested for leaving her kids in a Motel 6 room while she work... Read More
Sledding Down the Slippery Slope Dec. 31, 2020
A friend who was just noodling around the AccuWeather site found a blog post called "Why Have Midwes... Read More
