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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 Delusion of our Day Apr. 21, 2022
What a pervert! Tuesday afternoon a week ago, a woman in Arlington, Virginia, saw a man taking pictu... Read More
If You See Something, Post Something Jan. 06, 2022
"Child Luring Incident!" read the warning that appeared last Friday on several Teaneck, New Jersey, ... Read More
Cool Cop Calms Catastrophizing Public Dec. 02, 2021
"A person following you down the aisle at a big box store does not constitute an abduction attempt. ... Read More
Where Tiger and Free-Range Moms Agree Jul. 22, 2021
Fun fact: The second edition of my book, "Free-Range Kids," just came out and guess who wrote a blur... Read More
Don't Worry Kids About Calories Jun. 24, 2021
Organic? Whole-grain? Quinoa-crammed? Who cares? A lot of us. But maybe we shouldn't. Or, at least, ... Read More
Helicopter Parenting Is Bad ... No, Good! No, Bad Mar. 28, 2019
A recent New York Times article argued that helicopter parenting, unfortunately, is the best strateg... Read More
Free-Range Parenting Under Attack Feb. 14, 2019
On the one hand — wow. Two professors are eagerly warning about the dangers of the movement I ... Read More
Momniscience Sep. 13, 2018
"I Put a GPS Tracker on My Child, and I'm Never Going Back" is the title of a piece on the popular m... Read More
Helicoptered to the Ivies Apr. 03, 2014
Kwasi Enin, a high-school senior in New York who got in to all eight Ivy League colleges, credits hi... Read More
