Stranger-Danger Panic Is Getting People Killed
"No child under the age of 10 in the United States that has ever been snatched from a parent in public and trafficked for sex."
"No child under the age of 10 in the United States that has ever been snatched from a parent in public and trafficked for sex."
"We want to investigate…because you just don't know."
"An anonymous troll has weaponized New York's Department of Child Services against my whole family."
When we overestimate danger, we treat everyone like they are fragile and in need of supervision.
Convicted of a sex crime with an 18-year-old female, he isn't allowed contact with any minors.
"When it comes to kids' safety, feelings are facts."
Slides were designed for kids 5 and up, and these tots are only 4.
"The number of children separated from their parents at the border since April is almost equal to the number taken by CPS every three days."
An unsatisfying answer to the question of why Trump country seems unfazed by immigrant family separation.
'They already had a foster parent in the room, to remove my son... before they ever proved there was an emergency situation.'
A mom says her daughter was almost abducted at a rest stop. That's a stretch.
I'd suggest granting "Gold Bouncy Star" ratings for houses secured with particularly long, particularly strong spikes.
"Student safety in any activity is our primary focus."
"They call it 'free-range parenting.' I call it 'the rights of parents.'"
"My son has to pay for something I did."
"So basically it's now legal to go outside and play like when I was a kid."
Mandatory abuse reporting requirements lead to a novel marketing scheme.
And your state could be next.
"A judge will make the determination are they guilty."
"This right here is just old-school, simple parenting. This ain't killing nobody."
"I never in my life wanted to crawl out of my own body. That is how I felt. I couldn't sleep or eat. I had no idea where my daughter was."
"It only takes one student, one piece of grit, one stone in a snowball in an eye, with an injury and we change our view."
But it doesn't have to be this way.
"The parents of special needs children are especially vulnerable to state intervention."
Victim's parents don't want charges, say the couple is in love.
"Why ask anyone in New York what they think of Tom Brady? Who doesn't hate Tom Brady here?"
Parents aren't neglecting to keep their kids safe from laundry detergent. If anything, teens are overprotected.
While putting parents at ease
The misguided quest to protect children from any and all emotional harm
Lawmakers want to roll back penalties for childhood freedom.
It isn't just parents. Cops, schools, reporters, bureaucrats and busybodies got in on the action this year.
The latest on the case of Zach Anderson.
Just because the world is not perfectly safe does not mean it is terribly dangerous.
Hint: It's the same way you should talk to them about kidnapping.
Lenore Skenazy, Jonathan Haidt, Peter Gray, and Daniel Shuchman launch, Let Grow, a non-profit devoted to promoting better policies for raising children.
Bad policy and paranoid parenting are making kids too safe to succeed.
Bad policy and paranoid parenting are making kids too safe to succeed.
Humor isn't CPS's strong suit.
The witch hunt against Zach Anderson continues
It could happen to you, whatever "it" is.
Risks? What about the risk of never taking a risk?
We have come to see childhood only through the lens of danger.
A national newspaper endorses free-range parenting