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Don't Let the Fear of Bullies Ruin Your Kid's Summer Jun. 18, 2025

Lenore Skenazy

If you're over 35, you probably remember playing outside till the streetlights came on. But today, a... Read More

The Stealth Reason College Kids Are So Miserable May. 09, 2024

Lenore Skenazy

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

Lenore Skenazy

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

Lenore Skenazy

In a blockbuster Atlantic piece, "The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood," my Let Grow co-fou... Read More

Happy Worry Day, Mom! May. 09, 2019

Lenore Skenazy

Happy Mother's Day! Which, if you are a mother, you know is a contradiction in terms. While mothers ... Read More

When Nanny Runs on Batteries Dec. 06, 2018

Lenore Skenazy

What does it take to raise a child? Parents? A village? Maybe a robot. There are a bunch of robot na... Read More

How to Raise a College Dropout Nov. 30, 2018

Lenore Skenazy

"Thirty percent of freshmen won't return for their sophomore year," reports a piece in The New York ... Read More

Children of the Shrinks Oct. 27, 2016

Lenore Skenazy

"In 20 years, they can tell it to their therapist." That's a line parents hear — and say ̵... Read More

Naughty Language and Choosing a Career Path Sep. 09, 2016

The Family Coach

Dear Family Coach: I recently overheard my 13-year-old daughter and her friends talking, and they we... Read More

The Peril of Over-Protecting our Children Mar. 28, 2014

Suzanne Fields

Beware the trends in child rearing. Newton might revise his second law of thermodynamics: In every t... Read More

Nature, Nurture, Talents Mar. 27, 2014

Jackie Gingrich Cushman

As a mother, I often dwell on my role and that of my husband in influencing our children. I also thi... Read More

Nest Heads

Mar. 19, 2014