James House-Lantto (He/Him)https://www.freerangekids.com/time-magazine-loves-the-balance-project-and-so-do-i/
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.
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