Back To School Choice
These days, kids are heading back to increasingly varied learning experiences that might or might not include anything recognizable as a traditional school.
Parenting
Activist Shaun King Says CPS Came to Take His Kids After Someone Filed a False, Anonymous Complaint
"An anonymous troll has weaponized New York's Department of Child Services against my whole family."
Good Morning America Shouldn't Encourage Parents to Worry All the Time
When we overestimate danger, we treat everyone like they are fragile and in need of supervision.
Sex Offender Status Prevents Dad from Seeing His 14-Year-Old Son
Convicted of a sex crime with an 18-year-old female, he isn't allowed contact with any minors.
How the Free-Range Kids Movement Can Save Parenthood
"When it comes to kids' safety, feelings are facts."
Preschoolers Told Not to Play on Preschool's Playground Equipment
Slides were designed for kids 5 and up, and these tots are only 4.
5 Times Child Protective Services Separated Kids from Parents for No Good Reason
"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."
Mom Brings Coughing 10-Month-Old to the Hospital. Days Later, Cops Take the Baby.
'They already had a foster parent in the room, to remove my son... before they ever proved there was an emergency situation.'
Local News Uncritically Publicizes Mother's Kidnapping Freakout
A mom says her daughter was almost abducted at a rest stop. That's a stretch.
Child Custody and Vegetarianism
New York appellate court reverses a judgment (likely prompted by one of the parents' religious beliefs) that bars either parent from feeding the child "fish, meat, or poultry" without the other's consent.
Freaking Out Over 'Designer Babies,' Again
An NPR report on "three-parent babies" in Ukraine provokes bioethical handwringing.
In Win For Fathers' Rights, Kentucky Says Judges Must Presume Shared Parenting In Child Custody Battles
The presumption applies even when one or more of the parents is opposed.
Despite the Recent News, Bounce Houses Are Very Safe—If Set Up Properly
I'd suggest granting "Gold Bouncy Star" ratings for houses secured with particularly long, particularly strong spikes.
What To Do With Kids Who Are Wards of the State: Podcast
Naomi Schaefer Riley on religious liberty, foster care, privacy, parenting, and how to help kids who need a home
Penn State's 98-Year-Old Outing Club Is No Longer Allowed to Go Outside
"Student safety in any activity is our primary focus."
Young People Are Shifting Left on Abortion
The percentage of young adults saying abortion should be legal in all or most cases has risen 10 percentage points since 2015.
Here's Why Utah's New Free-Range Kids Law Will Help Parents of Color
"They call it 'free-range parenting.' I call it 'the rights of parents.'"
Free Speech Rights, Parental Rights, and Children with Gender Dysphoria
An interesting Arizona appellate decision rejecting a court's assignment of a treating therapist, and rejecting a gag order that limited parents' discussions with the child.
Father on Sex Offender Registry Escorted Out of Hospital While Trying to Visit Severely Ill Son
"My son has to pay for something I did."
How the Free-Range Kids Movement Is Helping Parents Embrace Their Libertarian Side
"So basically it's now legal to go outside and play like when I was a kid."
Freedom-Loving Parents, Rejoice: Utah Approves Free-Range Kids Bill
And your state could be next.
Legislator Wants to Fine Parents of Bullies $750, Make Them Take Classes
"A judge will make the determination are they guilty."
Nordic 'Glass Ceiling' Shows How Gender Equity Suffers From Government Overreach
"The rise of the Nordic welfare state has been a double-edged sword" for women's professional progress.
Dad Made 10-Year-Old Son Run in the Rain to Teach Him a Lesson
"This right here is just old-school, simple parenting. This ain't killing nobody."
Motherisk Hair-Testing Program Was Junk Science, and Ontario Wrongly Separated Families Because of It
"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."
School Forbids Students from Touching Snow
"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."
Achtung Baby: When It Comes to Parenting 4-Year-Olds, Germany Is More Laid Back Than America
But it doesn't have to be this way.
Child Custody, Religion, and Children's Reactions to a Parent's Religious Demands
"The change in the child's relationship with the father based on the child's fear of his displeasure if she were not a 'true Muslim,' and her belief that he threatened to abscond with her to Morocco, also contributed to the change in circumstances warranting modification" of the custody arrangement.
Cops Called on Parents Whose Autistic 5-Year-Old Son's Hair Was Too Messy
"The parents of special needs children are especially vulnerable to state intervention."
22-Year-Old Woman Facing Sexual Assault Charges for Relationship with 18-Year-Old Male Student
Victim's parents don't want charges, say the couple is in love.
New York Legislators Unveil Legislation Banning Tide Pods
The next stage of the safety hysteria cycle
Tom Brady Kissed His Son on the Mouth, And That's None of Your Business
"Why ask anyone in New York what they think of Tom Brady? Who doesn't hate Tom Brady here?"
Tomi Lahren Thinks Tons of Teens Really Are Eating Tide Pods, Blames Liberals
Parents aren't neglecting to keep their kids safe from laundry detergent. If anything, teens are overprotected.
9th Circuit Revives Suit by Couple Whose Children Were Seized Over Bathtime Photos
A social worker took three little girls from their home without a court order because she thought the pictures were "sexually explicit."
Utah's Free-Range Kids Bill Would Give Kids More Freedom
While putting parents at ease
Can Big Data Help Save Abused Kids?
The quest to fix our messy, meddlesome foster care bureaucracies
No, Schools Shouldn't Prohibit Kids From Having Best Friends
The misguided quest to protect children from any and all emotional harm
Judge Orders Return of Oregon Boys Taken Because State Deemed Parents Not Smart Enough
No accusations of abuse or neglect, just low I.Q.s.
Utah May Legalize Free-Range Parenting
Lawmakers want to roll back penalties for childhood freedom.
The 10 Worst Helicopter Parenting Moments of 2017
It isn't just parents. Cops, schools, reporters, bureaucrats and busybodies got in on the action this year.
Judge Overrules State's Seizure of Child from Couple It Deemed Not Smart Enough to Be Parents
Low I.Q. used as a justification for taking boy away, even absent any evidence of abuse or neglect.
Don't Freak Out About Falling Fertility Rates
There's an easy way to make more Americans: immigration.
Young Man Arrested for Consensual Underage Sex, Then Rearrested for Sharing Pizza with 17-Year-Old, Now Headed to Court
The latest on the case of Zach Anderson.
Fearing 'Terrorism,' Middle School Cancels D.C. Trip
Just because the world is not perfectly safe does not mean it is terribly dangerous.
