Best piece EVER. Kids are SHUT INS:
"Nearly 2/3 of 17-yos can’t leave their neighborhoods w/out adult supervision. Is it reasonable to expect them to vote at 18? To fight a war?"
Screens are their ONLY WAY OUT.
Kudos
@BenSasse
#LetGrow has solutions
From our @LetGrow FB group:
"We are low/no-screens. Our neighborhood has lots of kids, and they ride their bikes and visit neighbors independently. But I have one neighbor where the kids are always watching TV. I don't want them watching. What should I do?"
KIDS CHEER NEW Declaration of INDEPENDENCE!
Bi-Partisan "PROMOTING CHILDHOOD INDEPENDENCE & RESILIENCE" bill introduced in CONGRESS!
Ensures that giving kids some UNSUPERVISED TIME is NOT neglect. And ENCOURAGES it!
What a gift on our 250th!
How do you get more kids out and about on their own – and assure parents this won’t be mistaken for neglect? That’s a question Let Grow has been addressing since we were founded in 2017 to make childhood independence easy, normal and legal. The legal part got a huge boost today when Rep. Blake
SO GOOD! By Steve Magness:
"Playgrounds & free play are risk calibration tools....When risk is removed from play, kids are more prone to anxiety disorders, because they never develop the ability to cope with fear-inducing situations."
The Risk of Comfort:
https://stevemagness.substack.com/p/the-hidden-cost-of-comfort?r=6d8gwp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
Thank you, Garry Trudeau! A Mothers Day gift for me and ALL MOMS! And KIDS! And it's funny!!!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/doonesbury/strip/archive/2026/05/10
Welcome to Doonesbury's web site, which features not only each day's strip (easily enlargeable for your easy-viewing pleasure), but also the daily SayWhat? quote, a constant flow of reader Blowback, a Mudline of negative soundbites by public figures, a Timeline, Cast Bios, a milblog called The Sandbox, and much more.
PARENTS w/ kids in sports -- or thinking about it!
HILAROUS and MEGA IMPORTANT video for you starring Eli & Peyton Manning!
Watch it! LOVE IT!
You'll thank them, and so will your kids!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=KSSXrefFQ8s
@PositiveCoachUS
@FBGreatMoments
@Giants
MAJOR STUDY FINDS:
"Imaginative play is not just recreational but a foundational developmental tool that supports long-term mental wellbeing."
LET'S STOP REPLACING IT WITH SCREENS & ADULT-LED ACTIVITIES!
https://neurosciencenews.com/pretend-play-mental-health-30580/
H/T @sambmd
Here's what is so painful about childhood (& parenting) today:
"Last week, my grandson asked permission to walk to the store 3 blocks away. His mother checked the GPS tracker on his phone, reminded him about stranger danger, and set a 20-minute timer."
When I tell my grandchildren about disappearing for entire days with just a sandwich and no way for anyone to reach me, they look at me like I'm describing life on another planet—because in their GPS-tracked, perpetually supervised world, the kind of unsupervised freedom that defined my generation might as well be science fiction.
Interviewed by the wise and deep Ruby Trugade about
"the rise of surveillance in parenting, and how this puts cultural trust into question... And why letting go may be one of the most important acts of care.
THANK GOODNESS!
"In a survey of more than 1,600 parents, 82% agreed or strongly agreed that the benefits of tree-climbing outweigh potential injuries."
@RichLouv
