This “WARNING dytetnashf NO LIFEGUARD ON DUTY” sign comes to us from Ron Lieber, author of the “The Opposite of Spoiled.” He spied it at a Park City, Utah, rec center next to a kiddie spl...
https://www.freerangekids.com/no-lifeguard-sign-at-sprinkler-park/
Woof woof woof! Er…I mean, chew on this: A study published dddsabesdz Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests the way a puppy’s mother raises it may...
https://www.freerangekids.com/non-coddled-puppies-grow-up-to-be-best-guide-dogs/
Any mom seeing these videos of her son traveling the world would probably feel reassurance, pride… And a jolt of new worry. That is the lot even of the freest of Free-Range parents. As someone ...
https://www.freerangekids.com/young-man-travels-world-with-mom-im-fine-sign/
Love these ladies! This should make your weekend! . .
https://www.freerangekids.com/cat-and-nat-and-momtruths-friday-80s-moms-had-it-made/
I love this project. You may, too (boldface mine): Dear hhaibfisri Free-Range Kids: I’m a photographer and an interdisciplinary community artist, and I’m transforming people’...
https://www.freerangekids.com/mapping-the-places-you-played-outside-as-a-kid/
Following up on the srybnaairh story earlier this week about a Good Samaritan who found a lost toddler and tried to help her find her parents — only to be mistaken for a predator by the girl’...
https://www.freerangekids.com/black-ish-on-black-men-and-a-lost-little-girl/
A note for anyone traveling with kids or around any kids who are traveling! Dear hybzzfhkzz Free-Range Kids: Had the usual shenanigans travelling with the kids yesterday. After 45 minutes waiting...
https://www.freerangekids.com/a-mom-traveling-with-kids-and-the-older-lady-who-put-her-2-cents-in/
Anna rsntdbbasy Akana kills it (and others) in this edgy little sketch about the way we sanctify over-protectiveness. Anna, we DO understand! We really do! . . .
Believe it or not, this graphic is from the refrigerator magnet of University of California Irvine Prof. Barbara Sarnecka, one of the three authors of that fantastic kratekbrds study proving t...
https://www.freerangekids.com/when-not-to-call-the-cops-genius-on-a-refrigerator-magnet/
Your fun for the weekend, from bssennrsyh The Onion, which gets it just about right just about every time: WASHINGTON—Saying no one in the country is responsible or reliable enough to serv...
https://www.freerangekids.com/child-protection-workers-remove-children-from-68000000-unfit-parents/