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  • Kids Ordered to Pay Sales Tax at Children’s Expo Receive a Sad Lesson in Entrepreneurship

    Kids Ordered to Pay Sales Tax at Children’s Expo Receive a Sad Lesson in Entrepreneurship0

    Twelve-year-old Lucie Wise couldn’t wait to open her own business. On three separate occasions, she had accompanied her mother to the Children’s Entrepreneur Market – an expo of child-run businesses hosted annually by the Utah nonprofit Libertas Institute – dreaming of the day she could set up her own booth and sell her wares to curious passersby.

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  • Kids Must Learn History to Avoid Being Gaslighted by Media

    Kids Must Learn History to Avoid Being Gaslighted by Media1

    Growing up, history was one of my favorite school subjects. This might come as a surprise to some. After all, history class is traditionally thought of as the domain of the high school football coach who has very little interest in the subject itself, and therefore, passes little enthusiasm or knowledge of the past along

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  • Kids Keep Getting Their Freedom Later

    Kids Keep Getting Their Freedom Later4

    On Twitter last week, I asked those born BEFORE 1982 and those born AFTER to tell us what age they were first allowed outside to do things like walk to school or to a friend’s place. And yes, I goofed. If you were born IN 1982, you basically don’t exist. No poll for you! That’s

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  • Kids Have No Place at Protests

    Kids Have No Place at Protests0

    America is awash with protests right now. Thousands are taking to the streets – and it is not uncommon to see children among the crowds. There is a practical reason for that. The ongoing coronavirus shutdown means it is hard for parents to arrange babysitting. But many parents also believe taking children to protests constitutes

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  • Kids Don’t Need to Spend So Much Time in School

    Kids Don’t Need to Spend So Much Time in School6

    When most people hear that my siblings and I graduated high school years ahead of normal, scored high on state-standardized tests, and attended top colleges and universities, they generally assume our schooling was extremely strict, long, and arduous. Our schooling was challenging, but it was never impossible. In fact, I realized only years later how

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  • Kids Don’t Have To Be This Anxious

    Kids Don’t Have To Be This Anxious1

    What if one of the big reasons kids are so anxious is simply this: They’re micromanaged by adults? As you may have heard me say over and over (I’m getting to that age!), kids are micromanaged. Increasingly they’re in adult-run classes, clubs and sports. Or they’re inside on a screen, instead of climbing a tree

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