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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Bill Would Require Teachers to Grade Parents on Whether They're Attentive Enough
Mississippi state legislature gets too involved in parenting decisions.
Local News: Plush Toy Signals Pedophiles, Turns Little Girls into Sex-Trafficking Victims
How stupid can one TV station be?
Reason Weekly Contest: The Microaggressions of Harry Potter
Last week's winners revealed.
Mom Facing Felony Charges for Trusting 9-Year-Old to Watch Baby Brother in Car
Child services will also get involved.
France Won't Let Parents Post Pictures of Kids: Predators Might See Them
Child rapists don't often browse Facebook for potential victims.
Reason Weekly Contest: Social Justice Training Materials
Last week's winners revealed.
The Oscars Wanted Parents to Worry About Child Abduction and Rape
This year's awards went all-out promoting unnecessary fear.
Blind Injustice
Cane confiscation
Reason Weekly Contest: Libertarian Beer and Sex Toy Apps
Last week's winners revealed.
It's Not Just Kids: Pet Safety Paranoia Is a Thing, Too
Much ado about pet kidnappers.
Reason Weekly Contest: Name a Libertarian Microbrewery
Last week's winners revealed.
Cop Says Kids Who Take Nude Selfies Are Sex Criminals, Not Victims
The sex offender registry is not an appropriate punishment.
Reason Weekly Contest: Meet the New Ken, Name a Pet Toy
Last week's winners revealed.
Hold That Veggie
Zero tolerance
Reason Weekly Contest: Barbie Got a Makeover, Now It's Ken's Turn
Last week's winners revealed.
Why America Puts 9-Year-Old Kids on the Sex Offender Registry for Life
Living in fear of exaggerated dangers.
Reason Weekly Contest: Super Supportive School Sports Cheer
Last week's winners revealed.
Feelings First: Wisconsin Bans Chanting at High School Sports Games
Someone could get hurt, sort of.
Kid Was Too Hot in a Cold Car—Quick, Call the Cops
Rhode Island state senator proposes unnecessary punishments for imperfect parents.
Government Wants to Brand Sex Offenders on Their Passports
Shameful and unnecessary.
Parents Arrested, CPS Might Take Kids Because They Stayed in Car During Errand
Imperfect parenting should not be illegal.
Reason Weekly Contest: Rename a Cultural Practice or Food
Last week's winners revealed.
The 10 Worst (and 5 Best) Free-Range Kids Moments of 2015
Some setbacks, huge victories for liberated parents
Reason Weekly Contest: New Year's Resolutions for Candidates
Last week's winners revealed.
Criminal or Gullible?
Underage sex
Thief Steals Woman's Car, Drives Off with Her Kids in Backseat. Cops Charge Woman with Abuse.
Punish the criminal and only the criminal
Verdict Reversed: Mom Not Guilty of Neglect for Letting Kids Play in Park
More Free-Range Kids victories.
President Obama Signs First Federal Free-Range Kids Legislation
A big first step, though state laws could still get in the way
Mom Who Overslept While Son Walked to School Could Get 10 Years in Prison
An update on Maria Hasankolli.
Interview: Mom Handcuffed, Arrested for Oversleeping While Her Son Walked to School
'I got arrested for not being awake.'
Mom Could Get 30 Days in Jail for Letting 4-Year-Old Play Outside
Forced to be a paranoid parent.
Want to Save College Campuses from the Safe Spacers? Try Free-Ranging Your Kids.
Jonathan Haidt, co-author of 'The Coddling of the American Mind' thinks Free-Range Kids is the answer.
Reason Weekly Contest: Name a Genetically Modified Fish
Last week's winners revealed
