Why Do We Keep Underestimating Kids?4

• Politics, Family
• May 26, 2023

Child protection laws and policies that determine at what age kids can do things on their own are often wildly out of whack with actual child development — and grossly underestimate kids’ capabilities.

That’s not just ME saying that. (Even …

Why It’s So Hard to Get Kids Off Their Screens1

• Politics, Family
• May 1, 2023

Virginia Makes It Legal for Kids to Play Outside1

• Politics, Family
• March 31, 2023

Children in Virginia can now play outside without their parents getting investigated for neglect. Imagine that!

Sunday night, Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed what is colloquially called the “Reasonable Childhood Independence” bill — and was formerly known as the Free-Range Parenting …

We Wanted the Best for Our Children, But Made a Mistake2

• Politics, Family
• March 27, 2023

An article about to be published in the Journal of Pediatrics is titled, “Decline in Independent Activity as a Cause of Decline in Children’s Mental Wellbeing: Summary of the Evidence.”

The authors are three big names in child development: Anthropologist …