School Cancels Beach Trip Because Sunny Weather Is Unsafe
What isn't?
Free-Range Kids
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.
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.
The World's Worst Mom on America's Frenzy of Fear
Elementary school pick up shouldn't resemble the Fall of Saigon.
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?
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.
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?
Why Is Everybody So Mad at This 9-Year-Old Reporter? Kids Can Do Stuff, Too
We should encourage all children to be so ambitious.
Mom Who Made Her Kids Walk to School Is Charged with Neglect
Who has authority over kids: parents, or police?
Do Teenage Girl Scouts Really Require Adult Supervision While Selling Cookies?
And we wonder why college students are so fearful and fragile.
Rhode Island Wants to Criminalize Latchkey, Recess When It's Cold Outside
Important parenting decisions will be made by the state.
Police Looking for Suspects Who Challenged Teens to a Rap Battle. That's It.
Quite the close call, said no one.
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?
France Won't Let Parents Post Pictures of Kids: Predators Might See Them
Child rapists don't often browse Facebook for potential victims.
The Oscars Wanted Parents to Worry About Child Abduction and Rape
This year's awards went all-out promoting unnecessary fear.
Cop Says Kids Who Take Nude Selfies Are Sex Criminals, Not Victims
The sex offender registry is not an appropriate punishment.
Why America Puts 9-Year-Old Kids on the Sex Offender Registry for Life
Living in fear of exaggerated dangers.
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.
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.
