Contributing editor Lenore Skenazy is president of Let Grow, a nonprofit promoting childhood independence and resilience, and founder of the Free-Range Kids movement.
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School Orders Teen to Take Psych Evaluation After He Made an Anti Gun Control Video
New Jersey high schooler says it was for an assignment.
Education Officials: Mispronouncing Students' Names Is a Microaggression
'Truly negates his or her identity...'
Breakthrough Study Explains Why We Arrest Moms for Putting Kids in Nearly Non-Existent 'Danger'
Moral disapproval trumps facts.
In Arizona, Parents Could Go to Jail for Changing Their Kids' Diapers
Defendants have to prove the contact was non-sexual
Man Gives Away Teddy Bears, Everybody Panics and Calls the Cops
You can't be too careful.
Viral Video of Young Mom Committing Unspeakable Crime: Leaving Baby in Car for 3 Minutes
Thank god that bystander was there.
Body of Jacob Wetterling, the Missing Kid Who Launched the Sex Offender Registry, Found After 27 Years
Tragedy makes for terrible public policy.
Mom Briefly Left Kids Alone While She Grabbed Starbucks. Cop Accused Her of Child Abuse.
Cop says most women in her situation "would do anything to get out of this."
Mom Arrested for Leaving Kids Alone in the House While She Went Out for Food
Thanks a lot, nosy neighbor.
21-Year-Old Arrested for Sexting 16-Year-Old Girlfriend Won't Be a Sex Offender for Life
Pennsylvania Supreme Court makes life a little less miserable for registered sex offenders.
Mom: My Son's Daycare Provider Reported Me to CPS. Because of a Birth Mark.
Sheriff said it looked like a handprint.
East Carolina University Offers 'Adulting Classes' for Fragile Students
Mental health services are strained-the kids just can't handle failure.
Are Bounce Houses Killing Our Kids? You Can't Be too Careful, Says Study
Think of the children.
New York Wants to Ban Sex Offenders from Playing Pokemon Go
Call it Fear-Pokemongering.
Are Sex Offenders Allowed to Golf? They're Not Sure
Residency restrictions are so broad and confusing, sex offenders aren't sure where they are allowed to live.
The Most Likely Age of Sex Offenders: They Aren't Old People—They're 14.
Why so young? Because people tend to have sex with other people their own age.
School Bans Clapping. Students May Silently Wriggle Instead.
Too sensitive to hyper-sensitivity
#PokeLives Matter
PokemonGo isn't making people less safe. It's bringing people together.
Alton Sterling: When a Sex Offender Gets a Candlelight Vigil
It takes the shock of an unjust death to remind us that sex offenders can be people who are good men.
You Are Neither Old Enough Nor Young Enough to Enter Legoland Alone
Children must be accompanied by adults and adults must be accompanied by children.
Innocent Man Must Notify the Police 24 Hours Before He Has Sex
40-year-old man was acquitted of rape, but UK officials don't care.
Radical Tot?
School foofaraw
Ikea Is Recalling Dressers Deemed Safe Enough to Sell in Europe
Is one death per 10,000,000 a truly reckless safety record?
Police Chief: Don't Let Your Children Go Outside Until Age 16
Or else they will be sex-trafficked.
Unfounded Fears of Pedophile Rings, Stranger Danger, and Satanists
Kids are pretty safe, it turns out.
Sympathy for Gator Family Contrasts Sharply with Rage Toward Gorilla Mom
The illusion of perfect safety
Busybodies and Complicit Cops Make It Impossible to Parent
When mistakes become crimes.
Man Fined $175 for Unbuckling His Seatbelt to Give Money to a Homeless Person
The homeless person was actually an undercover cop.
Cops Give Mom Electronic Monitor After Leaving Kids Alone for 10 Minutes
Mom released on $25,000 bond.
Gorilla Boy's Mom Won't Be Arrested, Thank Goodness
Parents make mistakes. It's not criminal. It's human.
Gorilla Boy's Mom Shouldn't Be Burned at the Stake
If the manhole in front my apartment suddenly blew up, I wouldn't blame a nearby mom.
Free-Range Marge: Simpsons Season Finale Tackles Unsupervised Kids in Parks
'A mother at the park saw something she disapproved of and, luckily for your son, she overreacted.'
Cops Arrest, Attack Mom Who Let 11-Year-Old Son Drive Golf Cart
Charged with child abuse
Graduates Asked to Pretend to Throw Hats, for Safety
At the University of East Anglia, you can't be too careful.
Cops Confiscate Axe from Teen Chopping Wood to Build Fort
Don't worry, they returned the terrifying weapon to his parents.
3 Girls Walk to School. Cops Force Them into Truancy Van Right Before They Get There.
A substitute bus driver missed them.
Parents, Want to Attach GPS Monitors to Your Kids Every Time They Leave the House?
Paranoid parenting at its worst.
Principal Bans Girls' Tackle Football Game, Suggests Bobbing for Apples Instead
We wouldn't want anybody to get hurt, now would we?
Kid Criminals
No tolerance
Mom Lets Her 3 Kids Wait in Car. FBI Agent Tells Her She Can't.
Why the endangered-kids-in-cars myth just won't die.
Kids Play in Backyard While Mom Does Dishes. An Investigation Ensues.
Child services strikes again.
Dad Banned from Son's Preschool Graduation, and the Really Weird Reason Is…
Only sex predators go looking for missing dogs in white vans.
Man Asks Girls If They Are Selling Girl Scout Cookies. It Was Plausible. Cops Were Called.
If a man wants to buy Girl Scout cookies, from Girl Scout-aged girls, during Girl Scout cookie season, he must be a predator.
Final Reason Weekly Contest: Laugh at Trump's Misfortune (and the Nation's)
Last week's winners revealed.
Mom Leaves 12-Year-Old in Car, Is Arrested, Can Only See Son on Supervised Visits
Maybe the cops could have just told her not to do it again?
