GREAT, REAL story: How 2 Dublin boys, 10 & 13, got themselves to NYC, evading authorities in 3 countries in 1985. They took a train, ferry, plane. They told gatekeeper, "Our parents are behind us." When "caught," they were put in a hotel w/ FIVE GUARDS.
"While parents often baby-proof their homes with gates, car seats, and outlet covers, one overlooked step is using filtered water for bottles and baths."
BATHS?
Why not goat's milk? Or champagne? Gently melted water from the great Bering Glacier?
"While safety is obviously important, some argue that today’s kids are too supervised & the magic of childhood is lost with 24/7 surveillance." -- Article on 90s nostalgia.
It ALSO just ran big piece "Which Tracker is Right for Your Kid?"
When @ReasonMagazine's @NickGillespie interviews you, you gotta be on your toes! In this provocative chat we discuss my TED Talk & why Americans don't trust kids to do almost anything unless an adult is watching/assisting -- and what this is doing to BOTH generations! reason.com/podcast/2025...
On the Upper West Side of Manhattan: the "safetyism" leading to seesaws and merry-go-rounds vanishing from playgrounds. www.westsiderag.com/2025/09/09/t...
How FREE PLAY builds kids' LANGUAGE SKILLS, by @harvardmed's Rebecca Rolland:
"My 7-y.o. plays with a half-dozen other kids of all ages, running and leaping with abandon, with far more excitement than he shows for structured activities."
Hearing her school was going to do the (free!) Let Grow Experience--having kids do new REAL WORLD things ON THEIR OWN--a teacher STOOD UP up & declared, "NO WAY."
A year later, her 6 yo walks to her friend's house, alone.
@LetGrowOrg is changing childhood. (And parenthood!)
GOOD news: @PeopleForBikes, the national nonprofit making biking better for all, says youth bike riding participation is steadily increasing! To see where your city stacks up against other cities for bike infrastructure, visit PFB's City Ratings page: cityratings.peopleforbikes.org
1000+ schools are doing the #LetGrow Experience: "Go home & do something new on your own." One 10 yo rode bike around, 1st time. Mom wrote: "It’s making me realize my own fears were keeping my kids from so much pride & independence." Get our free program! letgrow.org/program/educ...
Peter Gray's ideal parents don't direct/track every move, or dream up every danger. They also "don't measure or try to direct their children’s development" because they know kids are hard-wired to develop. "All they need is a fertile environment." open.substack.com/pub/petergra...
Here @JonHaidt discusses our Atlantic piece that found kids prefer playing IN REAL LIFE! They go online as a 2nd choice, because they get so little REAL WORLD INDEPENDENCE. Antidote? Letting go. @LetGrowOrg has free materials to make it easy! www.foxnews.com/video/637688...#FoxNews
