Parenting

Civil Liberties

To Vaccinate or Not To Vaccinate? Why We Should Consult Roe v. Wade

Who owns your body? This is a question the government does not want to answer truthfully.

Andrew Napolitano | 2.5.2015 12:00 AM

Free-Range Kids

Parents Who Left Kids in Cold Car Could Go to Jail for 10 Years

Christophe Lucas and Jennie Chang did something stupid, not abusive.

Lenore Skenazy | 2.3.2015 12:15 PM

Civil Liberties

Teens Shoveling Snow? Without Licenses?? Quick, Call the Cops

Despite government interference, the teens lined up five jobs.

Lenore Skenazy | 1.28.2015 4:05 PM

Civil Liberties

Maryland Parents who Let Kids Walk to Park Still Under Investigation

CPS won't let parents be.

Lenore Skenazy | 1.27.2015 4:59 PM

Policy

Lenore Skenazy's New Show Brings Free-Range Parenting to Your TV Screen

Show airs Thursdays at 9 pm on Discovery Life

Robby Soave | 1.22.2015 3:52 PM

Politics

Watch: Anthony L. Fisher on "Red Eye" Discussing Pope Francis, Oscar Snubs, and Government Assaults on Free-Range Parents

Anthony Fisher | 1.16.2015 2:21 PM

Politics

Watch Anthony L. Fisher Talkin' Pope Francis, Oscar Snubs, Free-Range Kids on FNC's "Red Eye" Tonight at 3a ET/12a PT

Anthony Fisher | 1.15.2015 5:22 PM

Civil Liberties

Child Services Still Hounding Couple Who Let Their Kids Play Outside

The latest from a family threatened by CPS.

Lenore Skenazy | 1.14.2015 11:30 AM

Culture

Sandy Hook Parents Sue School Over Safety Issues

Behaving as if mass death is lurking around every corner won't make our kids any safer.

Lenore Skenazy | 1.14.2015 9:05 AM

Civil Liberties

To Catch a Non-Predator, Try Entrapment

Lenore Skenazy | 1.12.2015 9:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Wisconsin Woman Seeks Pregnancy Care, Gets Thrown in Jail for Admitting Past Drug Use

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.6.2015 3:25 PM

Civil Liberties

Government Orders Family to Dismantle Homemade Skating Rink

Lenore Skenazy | 1.6.2015 3:25 PM

Civil Liberties

Worried About Legal Action, Dad Calls Sheriff's Office to Witness Him Spanking His Kid

Lenore Skenazy | 1.5.2015 11:05 AM

Civil Liberties

ICYMI, Top 10 Nanny State Fails of Last Year

Lenore Skenazy | 1.2.2015 3:01 PM

Culture

Abduction Obsession Means Virginia Hospitals Won't Release 'First Baby of 2015' Names

Lenore Skenazy | 1.2.2015 10:12 AM

Civil Liberties

Here Are 10 Outrageous 'Zero Tolerance' Follies of 2014

Here are 10 of the most infamous "zero tolerance" punishments handed down to kids-and even some adults-this year.

Lenore Skenazy | 12.29.2014 9:30 AM

Free-Range Kids

CPS Threatens Dad: Let Your Kids Play Outside and We'll Take Them Away

Lenore Skenazy | 12.23.2014 9:45 AM

Culture

150-Year-Old Christmas Tradition Cancelled for 'Safety' Concerns

Lenore Skenazy | 12.18.2014 2:20 PM

Free-Range Kids

Kid Suspended for Bringing an Empty Shell Casing to School

Lenore Skenazy | 12.16.2014 9:10 AM

Culture

New York City Welds Playground Equipment So It Doesn't Move

Lenore Skenazy | 12.10.2014 11:06 AM

Civil Liberties

New Law Lets Courts Decide If You Are a Sensitive Enough Parent

Lenore Skenazy | 12.8.2014 9:30 AM

Culture

Pedophile Panic at the Salvation Army: No Teen Boys Allowed, Too Dangerous

Lenore Skenazy | 12.2.2014 2:45 PM

Culture

U.S. Abortion Rate Reaches Lowest Level Since Early '70s

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.1.2014 11:30 AM

Free-Range Kids

Beware of Non-Existent Threat, Warns Consumer Protection Czar

Lenore Skenazy | 11.26.2014 9:10 AM

Civil Liberties

School Considered Canceling Nutcracker Trip To Protect Kids from Christmas Tree Exposure

Lenore Skenazy | 11.23.2014 3:15 PM

Free-Range Kids

Dirty Needle in the Halloween Candy? Nobody Panic

Lenore Skenazy | 11.21.2014 9:15 AM

Civil Liberties

Schools to Parents: Pick Up Your Kids from the Bus Or We'll Sic Child Services on You

Robby Soave | 11.20.2014 11:13 AM

Civil Liberties

Middle Schoolers Suspended for Pretending to Smoke Candy

Lenore Skenazy | 11.18.2014 9:45 AM

Politics

Kids Terrified As Cops Enter School With Guns Drawn—But It Was a Practice Drill

Lenore Skenazy | 11.17.2014 8:45 AM

Nanny State

Baby Becomes Briefly Underweight, Mom Loses Custody for Five Months

Religious beliefs against feeding your child animal products? That apparently counts as child abuse in Florida.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.14.2014 3:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Bureaucrats Bulldoze Beloved Playground for Special Needs Kids

Lenore Skenazy | 11.13.2014 9:15 AM

Free-Range Kids

Law Says One Thing, Child Services Says Another: Don't Let Your Kid Outside

Lenore Skenazy | 11.7.2014 9:05 AM

Civil Liberties

Student Suspended for Slicing Apple During Healthy Snacks Presentation

Lenore Skenazy | 11.3.2014 10:25 AM

Culture

School: 'Halloween Snacks Shall Contain No More Than 8 Grams of Total Fat'

Lenore Skenazy | 10.31.2014 10:01 AM

Civil Liberties

Mom Demands Law to Force Kids to Wear Bright Clothes

Lenore Skenazy | 10.28.2014 8:45 AM

Civil Liberties

Man Guilty of Owning Sexy Images of Cartoon Children

Lenore Skenazy | 10.20.2014 3:30 PM

Culture

Trick or Treat or Drugs? Police Panicked About Pot-Laced Halloween Candy

Lenore Skenazy | 10.17.2014 11:45 AM

Free-Range Kids

Sexting Didn't Ruin This Girl's Life, But an Arrest Might Have

Lenore Skenazy | 10.15.2014 10:45 AM

Civil Liberties

School Sics Cops, K-9 Unit on Old Man Looking for Dandelions

Lenore Skenazy | 10.8.2014 1:17 PM

Civil Liberties

Schools Ban Swings Because Everything Is Dangerous

Lenore Skenazy | 10.7.2014 11:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Moms Fed Up with School 'Stranger Danger' Paranoia

Lenore Skenazy | 10.1.2014 3:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Mom Tells Therapist About Briefly Leaving Kids Alone, Shrink Calls Cops

Lenore Skenazy | 9.26.2014 2:50 PM

Policy

Can Pot Smokers Be Good Parents? The Answer May Shock You.

Jacob Sullum | 9.24.2014 3:19 PM

Civil Liberties

School Says Students Need to Hear What Madman's Gunfire Sounds Like

Chillingly fatalistic.

Lenore Skenazy | 9.22.2014 12:48 PM

Policy

As Attention to Surrogacy Surges, State Laws Seem Poised to Get Much Worse

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.18.2014 3:15 PM