The key (or keys) to kid confidence? The authors of a book for girls have it right for ALL kids. Join the conversation at Let Grow! (Photo from @Unsplash by @MParzuchowski )
https://www.freerangekids.com/where-does-kid-confidence-come-from/
. When I spoke at the Velo-City innherftyy Conference in Austria a few years back, the speaker before me declared that  helmet laws are so cumbersome and they make biking seem so scary that in...
. Fox 26 Reporter Andrea astirzynhn Watkins wrote what I consider a masterful letter to the school district that has forbidden parents from coming onto school property to pick up their children a...
https://www.freerangekids.com/follow-up-to-the-no-children-can-walk-home-story-from-magnolia-tx/
. Michelle rkezfkyfzk Millet lives in Davis, CA with her husband, two kids and…some bikes: Riding to School All On Their Own by Michelle Millet In August, with my daughter entering sixth grade ...
https://www.freerangekids.com/what-happened-when-i-asked-my-kids-to-bike-to-school/
. What is most pernicious about our judgmental society is illustrated below. Just because you — or I — might not choose to transport our child to school the same way as this mom, that does no...
. Here’s stkhirtrdt one of the occasional letters I get from divorced parents who see their child’s safety differently: Dear Free-Range Kids: I hope you can help me or provide me with some re...
https://www.freerangekids.com/divorced-dad-asks-can-ex-wife-force-me-to-overprotect-my-child/
Ok, hibzatsrbn readers: MORE advice needed. This time on how to persuade a school that it is being crazy excessively protective. Dear Free-Range Kids: I am so very upset right now and woul...
https://www.freerangekids.com/students-are-not-allowed-to-ride-their-bikes-to-school-help-needed/
Let’s hear it for Nashua, NH, a child-friendly city indeed! Â Take note, all ye urbanists, city planners, and mayors: Look at how simple a summer-changing, childhood changing idea can be. Nas...
https://www.freerangekids.com/a-summertime-bus-for-kids-to-the-pool-and-library/
Readers — Add this to ykkybyzynr the ever-longer list of items that start from the assumption that kids are in constant danger so parents must be in constant control: Needless to say (perhap...
https://www.freerangekids.com/a-remote-control-brake-for-your-kids-bike/
Readers — This story is headlined, “Attempted kidnapping caught on tape!” but…was it? I’m glad the girl is safe but does a slowing car really equal = “kidnap threat”? Unless there�...
https://www.freerangekids.com/does-car-slowing-down-attempted-kidnapping/