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Dcument Of Free Range Kids Giving Our Children The Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts With Worry Lenore Skenazy Read More

"The virus teaches us something. It's a wakeup call," says Philip K. Howard, the founder of the nonprofit Common Good and author of such bestsellers as The Death of… Read More

When you’re raising your kids, it can be difficult to notice how much they’re changing just because they’re always around you. Then, before you know it—they’re… Read More

Beloved actor Neil Patrick Harris is winning over the internet once again after sharing photos of his and his family’s newest Halloween costumes. This year, Neil, his husband David Bur… Read More

In pre-pandemic days, only 10 percent of children walked to school, writes Free Range Kids founder Lenore Skenazy in Reason. (Remember when children attended school?) Tree forts are conside… Read More

He then mentioned his company, which I'd never heard of. Starting with your right foot and left hand, crawl backward using short strides and a relaxed posture. But if you want to harness the… Read More

Education is something that never stops because you’ll never reach the point where you know everything there is to know about life. We really can learn something new every day. Th… Read More

Parenting is one of life’s biggest and most enjoyable challenges. Helping your children grow into incredibly capable, morally upstanding, and passionate dreamers is every parent’… Read More

Ah, to be a teenager again. We didn’t know what the fudge we were doing back then when it came to our clothes and our hairstyles. We were constantly moody, anxious, and looking fo… Read More

Life’s a never-ending lesson in the best way imaginable. If you’re even slightly curious about the world and have an open mind, you can quite literally learn something new every… Read More

There are so many things we wish our children would grow up knowing. However, separating the wheat from the chaff, the wisdom from the illusions is always a tough thing to do. And some thing… Read More

Life's a never-ending rollercoaster of education, fun facts, and interesting trivia. And the ride's free if you're willing to stay curious all your life. One of the best places to expand you… Read More

A year since George Floyd's death launched the nation into a summer of protests and calls for police reform, Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie r… Read More

Grab your thinking caps, dear Pandas, it’s time to expand our minds! It’s time for another loving rendition of ‘Today I Learned,’ a list of all the cool and interesti… Read More

Life’s full of hidden treasure! Oh, sure, that phrase works metaphorically, too, but we’re being quite literal here. If you’re curious about the world and live for the unex… Read More

Author Jeannine Jannot, Ph.D is a 30-year school psychologist, mother of three, and academic coach and owner at The Balanced Student.  Her book addresses the familiar pattern with… Read More

While there’s absolutely nothing wrong with homeschooling, it still has to be done right. After all, your children’s futures are at stake here. Unfortunately, not every parent is… Read More

September is fully upon us, dear Pandas! There’s a bit of a chill in the air. The leaves are gently falling (though not if you live in Florida or anywhere else really warm). Cafes are… Read More

by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD One particular of the ‘5 levers’ of our task-based mostly understanding model is Autonomy, defined as “the task provides… Read More

Although long gone are our careless teenage years, with the oldest millennials turning 40 this year (you gotta be kiddin’ me, right?!), the blunder years still come back to haunt us. U… Read More

Each and every action has consequences that we can’t predict. Even the tiniest things can have a deep, long-lasting impact. Not just on us! On the people who we care about the most. An… Read More

Learning doesn’t stop the moment you get your diploma. Finishing kindergarten with flying colors? Acing middle school? Graduating high school? Finishing college? Getting your mitts on… Read More

Beloved actor Neil Patrick Harris who is also know as Barney Stinson from the TV show How I Met Your Mother has a beautiful family and it seems that they created a fun tradition of celebrati… Read More

Professional comedy writer, father of four girls, and one of the most famous dads on the internet today—meet James Breakwell, the founder of the legendary Exploding Unicorn family humo… Read More

When I was in kindergarten, the playground roundabout was for older kids. I longed to be old enough to give it a try. On the first day of first grade, I saw it was gone. Someone had fallen o… Read More

I’m already in the holiday mood, Pandas, and I hope you are, too. I’ve been listening to Christmas songs at work and I’ve been polishing my rusty cookie baking skills (so f… Read More

Perfectionism isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. In fact, it can be incredibly harmful to our emotional and psychological health if left unchecked. The desire to control everything… Read More

Little Tikes rolls out the Pelican stationary bike for kids, and experts have some concerns When the pandemic hit, lots of folks discovered Peloton. For those who don’t know, it’… Read More

They say that revenge is a dish that’s best served cold. Or is it? Some people think it’s best served gooey, doughy, and water-balloony! Redditor u/rustybathtub brought a smile t… Read More

2021 might have had its ups and downs, but the one thing that we could truly rely on was dads beings dads. Our team here at Bored Panda has traveled to the farthest reaches of the internet t… Read More

Happy Holidays, dear Pandas! I hope you spent many warm and soul-healing moments with the people you love the most on this tiny blue planet this month. Though Christmas is over and we’… Read More

We sometimes forget just how smart, creative, brave, and witty we used to be when we were kids. So it comes as a surprise for some parents when their children do or say something absolutely… Read More

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is about to get even stricter with its COVID-19 mitigation requirements: The country's second-largest public school district will force… Read More

No matter how much they might love their kids, at some point, parents need to learn to draw firm boundaries. You can’t still baby your child when they’re in their 20s, 30s, and&h… Read More

My daughter, an only child, became very good at making friends. I think this is because she wanted someone to play with who was better at it than me. Child’s play can be boring for adu… Read More

Many of us have it very good—we’ve got loving, supportive families that we know have our backs. Unfortunately, not everyone is as lucky. The sad truth is that a person’s pa… Read More

Some of the habits that people currently have might be childhood coping mechanisms that they picked up as ways to survive. They might have lived in a toxic family environment and faced negle… Read More

It doesn't matter if you're 7 or 77 and who the current president is—there's always room for learning. Whether we're talking about a new skill, language, or simply broadening our under… Read More

Death Penalty The authorities claimed she bushed a 2-year-o… Read More

Lenore Skenazy was walking by an elementary school in Queens, when she saw kids playing hopscotch, just as she used to do, and paused to watch. The teacher or teacher’s aide looked ov… Read More

The world is far more complicated than some of us like to think. Morality isn’t black-or-white, historical facts are often hazier than we’d like them to be, and the interconnecti… Read More

? A Texas legislator wants to ban children from seeing drag queens in response to a Dallas bar’s ““family-friendly” Drag the Kids to Pride” event. That’s… Read More

One of the biggest fears that the parents of identical twins might have is getting the two mixed up, somehow. Internet forums are chock full of people asking how to prevent it. Well, one way… Read More

We know that doing somebody a favor won’t always result in you being thanked. If the internet’s taught us one thing, it’s that your good deeds might not be enough and some… Read More

When I was a latchkey kid in the ’80s and ’90s, there was a PSA that aired every night before the news: “It’s 10 p.m,” an ominous voice would intone. “Do… Read More

Let’s do a quick experiment, shall we, Pandas? Think about the best teachers you’ve ever had. See how easily their faces pop up in your imagination? You’re probably even sm… Read More

When we think about the perfect wedding, we focus not so much on all the aesthetic details, but on the people whom we’d like to witness the celebration of love. If you get along with y… Read More

Despite a lack of evidence, urban legends about drug-laced Halloween candy keep circulating, aided by feckless reporters. This year, it's "rainbow fentanyl" that has the press rep… Read More

NPH and his family won Halloween. Again! Beloved American actor Neil Patrick Harris, together with his husband David Burtka, and their two children, 12-year-old twins Gideon and Harper, reve… Read More

Calm is peaceful, quiet, and without worry. Profoundly inspirational calmness quotes will encourage growth in life, make you wiser and broaden your perspective. If you’re searching… Read More

Here’s a hard one for you, dear Pandas: how many different dinosaurs do you know? No Googling! Look, we don’t wanna show off too much, but we know someone who can name over 30 of… Read More

So what has Reason done to deserve your hard-earned, tax-deductible donation money since our last record-breaking Webathon? A quick tour through our traffic leaderboard over the p… Read More

Illustration via 99designs “Shared anger is thrilling, and that’s part of what’s driving us off a cliff as a country.” — Jonathan Haidt Jonathan Haidt (… Read More

Youthful grown-ups are battling with their psychological wellness. Is greater youth freedom the response? Coworker schoolteacher Brett Mallon starts his night drone meeting at Kansas St… Read More

Learning never stops. If you’re open and energetic, you can find opportunities to expand your mind with new knowledge every single day. Oh, and we mean that very literally. Every. Sing… Read More

Hook up was an established Backpage option tailored physically towards the hookupsIf that seems like you then Tinder might be an enjoyable experience. Today, Am. For the majority of intercou… Read More

Julian Le Grand makes the case for universal basic capital: a £10k grant for every 18-year-old."Seventeen minutes in, after presenting evidence of an 'orchestrated campaign' again… Read More

By Camilo Ortiz and Lenore Skenazy from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/YHRT3ga Read More

LIFE BEFORE THE INTERNET By Michael gentle / www.o-books.com What we can learn from the good old days There’s no such thing as a free disruptive technology, any more than a free lunch… Read More