Children

Policy

California Lawmakers Ban Attempting to "Cure" Gay Youths

The bill completely bans reparative therapy for those under 18.

Reason Staff | 8.29.2012 8:00 PM

Policy

Australian School Bans Cartwheels

Students must seek supervision before attempting the dangerous maneuver

Reason Staff | 8.27.2012 1:06 PM

Policy

California To Restrict BB Guns

Must be kept locked away from minors or Big Nanny will be quite cross

Reason Staff | 8.23.2012 6:10 PM

Culture

Toddler Fight Club Leads to Arrests

Day care workers accused of organizing kids to fight.

Reason Staff | 8.21.2012 7:37 PM

Nanny State

Australia's Nanny State Laws Result in Stupid Outcomes, Too

Man arrested for leaving son home alone for half an hour to play video games.

Reason Staff | 8.17.2012 8:20 PM

Culture

Men Chafe at Predator Stereotype

Weird assumptions make life difficult for men around children

Reason Staff | 8.17.2012 2:12 PM

Culture

Legos Turn 80

Help your kid assemble one of those really big, complicated kits in celebration

Reason Staff | 8.10.2012 8:28 PM

Science & Technology

Samsung Investigates Possible Underage Workers

Workers under 16 found in China-owned factory.

Reason Staff | 8.8.2012 5:52 PM

Politics

The Secret History of New York's Playgrounds

Jesse Walker | 7.9.2012 11:36 PM

Policy

Photography Is a Crime: Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Eight-Year Sentence for Taking Pictures of Legal Sex

Jacob Sullum | 6.25.2012 2:20 AM

Politics

Denver Neighborhood Rescued from 3-Year-Old Chalk Artist

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.21.2012 11:04 PM

Politics

Watch Very Special Stossel Show with Nick Gillespie: Is America in Decline?

Nick Gillespie | 6.7.2012 11:18 AM

Politics

5 Classic Teen Sex-and-Drug Freakouts: Rainbow Parties, Butt-Chugging, And So Much More (By Which We Mean Less)

Nick Gillespie | 5.27.2012 8:00 AM

Policy

The Ethics of Egg Freezing

What's wrong with women resetting their biological clocks?

Ronald Bailey | 5.22.2012 4:45 PM

Policy

Tiny Painkiller Junkies?

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2012 2:29 PM

Policy

Why I Mock "Attachment Parenting" and the Kids It Produces

Or, The case for libertarian parenting.

Kennedy | 4.29.2012 9:45 AM

Policy

Children Are Unfeeling Sociopaths

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.26.2012 12:47 PM

Culture

Milk Carton Faces Tell Lies, and I Got Proof

Jesse Walker | 4.23.2012 10:43 AM

Politics

California Teachers: Accused Child Molesters Get Due Process, Former Adult Performers Not So Much

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.20.2012 8:45 PM

History

The President's Dress

Jesse Walker | 4.17.2012 9:17 AM

Politics

Stop Panicking Over Bullies

Despite a flurry of recent documentaries and attention, school hasn't been reduced to jungle law.

Nick Gillespie | 4.4.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Is There a Bullying Epidemic in the U.S.?: Nick Gillespie in the Wall Street Journal

Nick Gillespie | 3.31.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

Why Was William Reddie So Agitated?

Jacob Sullum | 3.30.2012 12:08 PM

Policy

What's Next: Children Barred From Coal Mines? Nanny State Bans Undermine School Tests, Satanic Rituals, Farm Work

Nick Gillespie | 3.27.2012 9:30 AM

Policy

What's the Problem with Dropping Out?

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.20.2012 5:14 PM

Policy

It Might Be Premature to Blame 'Meth Babies' for Imposing 'Tremendous Burdens on Society'

Jacob Sullum | 3.19.2012 5:52 PM

Politics

Is Jason Russell's Hysterical Naked Madness Good for Kony?

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.16.2012 9:50 PM

Politics

A Guide to Joseph Kony and the Backlash Against Invisible Children

Nick Sibilla | 3.9.2012 12:30 PM

Policy

For Fewer Crushed Children, Feds Mandate Rear-View Cameras For All Cars by 2014

Julie Ershadi | 2.28.2012 8:00 PM

Politics

Narcotic Honey Traps: Drug Cops Seduce Teenagers

Julie Ershadi | 2.23.2012 6:45 PM

Policy

Free-Range Parenting: You're Going to Go to Jail. Maybe.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.16.2012 4:31 PM

Politics

LAUSD Principal Focuses On Real Miramonte Criminals: The Children

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.14.2012 8:35 PM

Policy

North Carolina Food Inspector Rejects Little Girl's Home-Packed Lunch in Favor of Chicken Nuggets

Jacob Sullum | 2.14.2012 7:24 PM

Politics

L.A. Teachers Deliver for Kids by Blindfolding, Fondling Them

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.6.2012 5:14 PM

Policy

Is Backpage Responsible for Kidnapping and Rape?

Jacob Sullum | 1.26.2012 4:24 PM

Policy

Maybe Schools Don't Control What Kids Eat

Jacob Sullum | 1.24.2012 4:49 PM

Policy

Conservatives Against Consumption

Are fossil fuels responsible for moral and social decay?

Ronald Bailey | 1.11.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

The FCC's Incomprehensible Ban on Broadcast Indecency

The Supreme Court examines TV censorship.

Jacob Sullum | 1.11.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

'Things Happened'

The year's highlights in shifting responsibility

Jacob Sullum | 12.28.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

"Bleeding Heart Libertarian" Cares So Much About the Poor He Wants to Make it Illegal for Them to Bear Children

Brian Doherty | 12.27.2011 10:32 AM

Policy

Dick Durbin: Ban Flavored Cigars—for the Children

Jacob Sullum | 12.23.2011 2:08 PM

Policy

Study Suggests Nearly 1 in 3 Young People Arrested By the Age of 23

Lucy Steigerwald | 12.19.2011 5:19 PM

Policy

Did Teen Pot Smoking Rise or Hold Steady This Year? Yes.

Jacob Sullum | 12.14.2011 2:16 PM

Policy

Sexting by Minors Is Much Less Common Than You Think

Jacob Sullum | 12.5.2011 1:56 PM

Policy

Another Depressing Story of a Kid Narcing on His Parents

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.17.2011 10:20 AM

Policy

Penn State, Joe Paterno, and…the Profit Motive? Or, The Dumbest Theory Yet of Why Child-Molesting at a Non-Profit Institution Went Unreported For So Long.

Nick Gillespie | 11.14.2011 9:17 PM

Policy

Vodka-Soaked Tampons Are 'Everywhere'

Jacob Sullum | 11.14.2011 11:15 AM

Policy

A Life Sentence for Possessing Child Pornography

Jacob Sullum | 11.7.2011 3:08 PM