Their Children Were Alone Outside. So Police Visited the Family—Twice.

(This was in a Kansas town of 5000!)

https://reason.com/2026/04/08/their-children-were-alone-outside-so-police-visited-the-family-twice/ via @reason #LetGrow

Kansas family visited by police after letting kids play alone outside

The Knickerbockers received two visits from Baldwin, Kansas, police, showing how some people’s idea of “neglect” goes well beyond real risk.

Reason.com
South Carolina is #LetGrow's first "Lighthouse State," spreading our FREE independence-building materials thru its schools.
Traditional "SEL" has kids breathe, meditate, self-soothe.
Let Grow gets kids OUT AND ABOUT.
They play, run errands, cook...THRIVE!
https://standtogether.org/stories/education/a-childhood-independence-movement-is-scaling-up-for-impact
A childhood independence movement is scaling up for impact

Here’s how South Carolina is bringing responsibility-building opportunities into schools statewide.

A little girl's first shopping experience by herself.

Impressive, of course. But also just incredibly cute!

Kids can do SO MUCH! How did we forget that???

#LetGrow!

@Reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/KidsAreFingAdorable/comments/1s6o7bm/solo_shopping/?share_id=PBPvOmKXt8UrNURlarrCb&utm_content=1&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=10

Great article on the lack of pickup sports for all ages BY DESIGN. Why the heck do we make everything into formal, gated, restricted, registered, tournament etc. whether for kids or adults? I'd love to be playing pick-up sports myself, and so would my kids, and those are the best memories of my childhood. It's a failure of our local towns to make a healthy community…

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2026-1-13-why-do-cities-build-sports-complexes-instead-of-neighborhood-fields

#strongtowns #community #planning #letgrow

Why Do Cities Build Sports Complexes Instead of Neighborhood Fields? | Strong Towns

What if the places we invest in most aren’t the places that actually build community?

1000+ schools are doing the #LetGrow Experience: "Go home & do something new on your own."
One 10 yo rode bike around, 1st time. Mom wrote: "It’s making me realize my own fears were keeping my kids from so much pride & independence."
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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.

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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