We're not criminalizing danger. We're criminalizing childhood independence.
"Parents feel a tremendous obligation to make life easier for their kids."
A mother of three children—ages 9, 10, and 11—just can't convince the principal to let them walk home.
This basically never happens.
"Residence restrictions do not decrease and are not a deterrent for sexual recidivism."
"If you're on that registry, you're bad."
"Please don't let me die back here."
"My daughter can have five friends over for a sleepover without my being fingerprinted and federally background-checked."
While script may wire the brain, connect to history, and come more naturally to many kids, digital print is winning.
Many alleged perpetrators, no actual victims.
"We are writing to ask you to update your Halloween safety guidance to include considerations related to COVID-19."
Judge: "America's founding generation... knew their fair share of unwelcome constables."
The crazy plan was called off after parents sensibly complained.
Nobody can read the rule book in the dark.
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.
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