Is It Dangerous to Let Kids Be Free? | The Walrus

From bus rides to playgrounds, we are raising our children in a culture of fear

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Time magazine recently ran an article about "the Balance Project" which is "a parent-run nonprofit working to rebuild communities to encourage childhood independence and get kids off screens"

I love tech as much as the next guy, and everyone says kids need less screen time, more outdoors time. But we as the parents sabotage this by not letting them have any independence, by making them afraid of the whole world, and by helicoptering them.

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Time Magazine Loves The Balance Project and So Do I! - Free-Range Kids

If you want to be out-of-your-mind inspired, check out this huge Time Magazine profile of The Balance Project – “a parent-run nonprofit working to rebuild communities to encourage childhood independence and get kids off screens,” as Time puts it. Already, 60 other Balance Projects have sprung up across America! The movement is the brainchild of the indefatigable

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Why are we blind to 99% of Child Abuse?

Child Abuse in on my mind right now. I have written a screenplay for a feature film that I'm already in early talks to produce. The bad guy in the movie is a child-rapist / child-killer. His presence alone justifies the anger of the heroes and creates the tension in the film. Yet I don't think I can make a movie that is a shlocky exploitation film. The subject matter is a bit too strong for something that careless.

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Child Abuse in on my mind right now. I have written a screenplay for a feature film that I'm already in early talks to produce. The bad guy in the movie is a child-rapist / child-killer. His presence alone justifies the anger of the heroes and creates the tension in the film. Yet I don't think I can make a movie that is a shlocky exploitation film. The subject m...

Read: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/why_are_we_blind_to_99__of_child_abuse_

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Why are we blind to 99% of Child Abuse?

Child Abuse in on my mind right now. I have written a screenplay for a feature film that I'm already in early talks to produce. The bad guy in the movie is a child-rapist / child-killer. His presence alone justifies the anger of the heroes and creates the tension in the film. Yet I don't think I can make a movie that is a shlocky exploitation film. The subject matter is a bit too strong for something that careless.

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The main issue with freeing the kids, is that kids cannot vote. This is not un-doable. With slaves, slaves could not vote. But there were enough non-slaves that agreed that slaves should be freed. So it passed through. With women rights until some point in time women couldn't vote too. But there were e...

Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/equal_rights_to_kids

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From: blenderdumbass . org

The main issue with freeing the kids, is that kids cannot vote. This is not un-doable. With slaves, slaves could not vote. But there were enough non-slaves that agreed that slaves should be freed. So it passed through. With women rights until some point in time women couldn't vote too. But there were e...

Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/equal_rights_to_kids

#kids #children #equality #equity #humanrights #freedom #ageism #paternalims #philosophy #politics #freerangekids #letgrow

Equal Rights to Kids

The main issue with freeing the kids, is that kids cannot vote. This is not un-doable. With slaves, slaves could not vote. But there were enough non-slaves that agreed that slaves should be freed. So it passed through. With women rights until some point in time women couldn't vote too. But there were enough men, who agreed with women. And now women can vote. Something like this has to happen with children's rights too.

blenderdumbass . org

From: blenderdumbass . org

The main issue with freeing the kids, is that kids cannot vote. This is not un-doable. With slaves, slaves could not vote. But there were enough non-slaves that agreed that slaves should be freed. So it passed through. With women rights until some point in time women couldn't vote too. But there were e...

Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/equal_rights_to_kids

#kids #children #equality #equity #humanrights #freedom #ageism #paternalims #philosophy #politics #freerangekids #letgrow

Equal Rights to Kids

The main issue with freeing the kids, is that kids cannot vote. This is not un-doable. With slaves, slaves could not vote. But there were enough non-slaves that agreed that slaves should be freed. So it passed through. With women rights until some point in time women couldn't vote too. But there were enough men, who agreed with women. And now women can vote. Something like this has to happen with children's rights too.

blenderdumbass . org

From: blenderdumbass . org

The main issue with freeing the kids, is that kids cannot vote. This is not un-doable. With slaves, slaves could not vote. But there were enough non-slaves that agreed that slaves should be freed. So it passed through. With women rights until some point in time women couldn't vote too. But there were e...

Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/equal_rights_to_kids

#kids #children #equality #equity #humanrights #freedom #ageism #paternalims #philosophy #politics #freerangekids #letgrow

Equal Rights to Kids

The main issue with freeing the kids, is that kids cannot vote. This is not un-doable. With slaves, slaves could not vote. But there were enough non-slaves that agreed that slaves should be freed. So it passed through. With women rights until some point in time women couldn't vote too. But there were enough men, who agreed with women. And now women can vote. Something like this has to happen with children's rights too.

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