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"When adults intervene unnecessarily in children’s lives—supervising their play, mediating their disputes—they effectively call the rehearsal off, increasing the odds that things will go poorly later on."

By
@SimonLewsen

@thewalrus

https://thewalrus.ca/is-it-dangerous-to-let-kids-be-free

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Bill Maher is singing the Free-Range Kids / Let Grow tune! Give kids back more independence, free play --

And acorns!

https://lnkd.in/eqqUU7wk

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BRILLIANT ARTICLE on what KIDS lose out on when we TRACK THEM:

"Is it really about their safety — or is it about protecting our own peace of mind at their expense?"

by
@KJezerMorton

https://thecut.com/article/kids-location-sharing-tracking-each-other.html?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email_acq&utm_campaign=helicopter_cut&ueid=88ea09ba12c5ff6d3bc694d6a8019867&utm_term=Secondary%20Marketing%20List:%20The%20Cut%20-%20Parenting%20Interest

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PSA from Lenore:

Our kids are not in constant danger from creeps, kidnapping, germs, grades, flashers, frustration, failure, baby snatchers, bugs, bullies, men, sleepovers and/or the perils of a non-organic grape.

So we don't have to parent as if they are.

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Mom let son, 7, bike to school. And now?

"He seems to stand a foot taller. It’s amazing how it has transformed our mornings. Before, we were fighting & getting into the van at the last possible moment, now he gets himself ready & goes early!"

https://letgrow.org/true-stories-a-win-for-independence/

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A mom (who's a cognitive scientist) wants her 10 year old twins to get lost.

For developmental reasons!

https://letgrow.org/let-kids-get-lost/

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Wondering if crime is up or down? Are kids in more danger now than ever? How common is child kidnapping?

Take a look at the #LetGrowOrg Crime Stats page:

https://letgrow.org/crime-statistics/

TEDx Talk by a 9-y.o.:

What it's like to grow up in a "No talking, no running, no tag!" world!

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