With public schools largely out of commission, parents are putting together their own ad hoc schooling alternatives.
Child protective services can’t take someone’s kids away just because the children are competent.
Fathers used to be fonts of wisdom. Now they're the punch line.
The boy will have his name in police records until the year 2032.
This preposterous claim is front and center in a new PragerU video.
They even sent an ambulance, because it's not like there's anything else going on in New York.
A Home School legal defense group calls it "a terrible thing and a waste of time."
The annual retelling of the Exodus story reminds us not to take freedom for granted.
"We are far more resilient than we give each other credit for."
You don't need to plan every minute of their day.
Now older folks are being treated to some (extremely necessary) overprotection.
In fact, maybe the parents should play, too.
Not every situation requires an expert's guidance.
Police say there were no reports of attempted kidnappings.
Child services falsely labeled this dad an abuser and took his adopted newborn.
What's with school districts canceling outdoor recess when the temperature dips below freezing?
And five examples of parents wisely letting their kids go—and grow.
"I'm retiring earlier than I had planned because I just can't be a part of this any longer."
Stranger abductions are actually extremely rare.
"It's all over Facebook."
If she is found guilty, she could face a maximum of 150 days in jail.
Halloween combines the two things we fear most in America today—kids actually leaving the house, and food other than hummus and baby carrots being fed to them.
Two days later, the cops figured out the story was make believe.
Sarasota deputies violated best practices and ethical standards for sting operations.
Reading logs rarely instill a love of reading in children. We ought to just drop the act.
"Touching someone's arm to get their attention, I would have thought was normal."
Religion can explain a tragedy as God's will, or as karma coming around. But in a secular world, blame is often shifted to parents.
The coroner's declaration is a cruel twist of the knife.
Laws criminalizing the act of leaving children in cars are misguided.
She likely wasn't in any danger, but that never stopped the busybodies before.
The principal calls it "very, very serious" wrongdoing.
A Pennsylvania mom faces reckless endangerment charges for assuming her children—ages 2, 5, and 7—could survive a very short wait.
The toy company allegedly failed to test its miracle cure for cranky baby syndrome.
Every kid is special, but not every kid has special needs.
Child services called because Holly Curry let her kids wait in the car while she bought a muffin.
Free-range mom Lenore Skenazy talks with sociologist Frank Furedi about what it means to be a kid in the 21st century.
Let's celebrate free-range motherhood, not just on Mother's Day, but year-round.
College campuses, take note.
Are they hunting Easter eggs or landmines?
Video evidence contradicted Santana Adams' account.
Cops release edited video of the encounter.
"What about the parents' rights to decide what's best for their child?"
When all of childhood is considered college prep, desperate parents will do desperate things.
And yet her fear-mongering Facebook post about the ordeal was shared half a million times.
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