Parenting
The New York Times Thinks Helicopter Parenting Works, but It Depends How You Define It
Free-Range parenting is about fostering independence, not letting kids do whatever they want.
2-Year-Old Falls Out of Vehicle After Car Seat Mishap. The Kid Is Fine. Mom Could Be Headed to Jail.
Maimuna Hassan made a common mistake. Should that be a crime?
Homeschooling Produces Better-Educated, More-Tolerant Kids. Politicians Hate That
Government officials should use the success of the competition as an educational moment.
After Living Abroad, Kids Struggle With American Overparenting
In the home of the brave, a kid can't hold a pencil on the school bus.
Mom Tells Neighbors Her 9-Year-Old Daughter Could Help Them Do Chores, Cops Arrive With Child Labor Concerns
"Apparently the ad generated multiple phone calls from paranoid neighbors thinking I was using my child as a slave."
Mom Arrested, Jailed for Letting 7-Year-Old Watch His 4-Year-Old Brother at Home Alone
Ironically, the kids were watching the movie "Home Alone" when the cops showed up for no good reason.
Freeing Your Kids (and Yourself) in the 21st Century with Lenore Skenazy
Reason's livestream conversation with Lenore Skenazy.
Top 10 Worst Helicopter Parenting Moments of 2018
Aborted snowball fights, unused playground equipment, baseless child trafficking panics, and more.
Florida Company Sells Ankle Monitors to Parents Who Want to Track Their Teens
"Most people-we're talking hardened criminals who try to cut it off-have ended up in the ER."
Feel-Good Story of the Day Until Someone Puts an Eye Out
Nine-year-old Colorado boy leads successful challenge to 100-year-old ban on snowball fights.
When the Nanny State Actually Tries To Nanny
This is not just about kids, but about the adults they will become.
Police Thought Dad Leaving the Mall With His Daughter Was a Kidnapper
"Society is all too ready to interpret the most innocent of gestures as a prelude to abusing a child."
Bureaucrats Consider Shutting Down Informal Play School for 2-Year-Olds Because It's Too Safe
The 45-year-old cooperative has ground rules, which means D.C. government considers it an unlicensed daycare.
"The [11-Year-Old] Child 'Has to Get Herself Ready for School and on the Bus with No Supervision by Mother'"
Is that an allegation of abuse?
5-Year-Old Has Meth Poisoning After Trick-or-Treating. It Probably Wasn't the Halloween Candy.
Braylen Carwell says he didn't eat anything, and previous candy poisonings turned out to be hoaxes.
Patch Publishes Completely Unnecessary Sex Offender Maps to Keep Kids Safe on Halloween
There is zero evidence that sex offenders prey on trick or treaters.
Fearmongering Article Falsely Claims 'Halloween Is Christmas for Sex Offenders'
"Pushing for new laws aimed at keeping kids 'safe' from 'sex offenders' on Halloween is nonsense."
13-Year-Olds Who Trick or Treat in Chesapeake, Virginia, Face Fines, Possible Jail Time
And anyone under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
The Case Against Government-Provided Paid Parental Leave
A government solution won't result in the proverbial free lunch that supporters hope for.
Parents Fight a Texas Hospital Over Their Daughter's Life Support
A judge has granted Payton Summons' parents a restraining order against the hospital.
Mom Regains Custody of 10-Month-Old Son Who Was Taken By CPS Because She Left the Hospital Too Quickly
Judge: "There is nothing in the record which would lead this court to believe that the mother is unwilling to provide the appropriate care for the child."
Public Schools Threaten Parents With Jail Time for Truant Kids
Those tykes are worth big bucks to institutional educators, so if you don't hand 'em over, you might be slapped with fines or even incarceration.
School Accidentally Lets 5-Year-Old Boy Walk Home. Nothing Happened, but Mom Is Furious.
"I am still trying to work out how he figured it out."
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."
8-Year-Old Girl Walks Dog Around Block, Police and Child Services Investigate Mom
"We want to investigate…because you just don't know."
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.
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
