About: Lenore Skenazy
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A Fun Way to Fight Childhood Anxiety
A new, fast, even cheerful way to fight childhood anxiety is having kids do new things, on their own, without their parents. ...
Fear Erupts Over America
Media reports have Americans terrified of being a victim of gun violence, but gun violence is lower than it has been in decades....
Making Recess Fun — for Bureaucrats
Kids at a Maryland elementary school aren't allowed to play tag, or even close their eyes, at recess, all in the name of...
What ’70s Kids Did That Today’s Kids Don’t
Kids in the '70s were not another species. Let your 6-year-old walk to the park, and you'll see it for yourself. ...
To Get Kids Off Phones, Open the Door!
Phones are serving the role that "go play outside" used to play: a way for kids to be out of our hair, occupied,...
How to Become a Clue on ‘Jeopardy!’
So, how does one become a "Jeopardy!" clue? It's easy! Just let your 9-year-old do something the world considers dangerous. ...
The Stealth Reason College Kids Are So Miserable
Until we give kids back some independence to run around and play, they will arrive on campus unprepared. ...
WE Are the Reason Kids Are on Screens
A rant. Sorry. But this culture is driving me nuts! It is BLIND to the idea that kids CAN and in recent history...
The Odds of Your Kid Getting Kidnapped
Kidnapping remains one of the top three fears of American parents despite its (thank God!) rarity. One way to fight that outsized fear...
America the Unhappy
Americans — “particularly those under 30 — have become drastically less happy in recent years,” The New York Times reported this week. Graphs...
‘The Anxious Generation’ Has the Worst of Both Worlds
In a blockbuster Atlantic piece, “The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood,” my Let Grow co-founder Jonathan Haidt says our culture is getting...
Not All Adults at the Park Are Predators
I’m trying not to obsess about child overprotection, but … obsess I do. Here’s the latest object of my ire: the playground signs...
The NY Times Says Intensive Parenting Is Best, But…
“Parents Are Highly Involved in their Adult Children’s Lives and Fine With It,” declared the front page of The New York Times. Added...
Playing Is Always Unsafe
The following note was passed along to us by a dad whose kids attend a public school in Texas. It says (emphasis mine):...
Walmart and Abduction: America’s Favorite Things!
Sometimes I can’t tell if I’m overly trusting or if the world is the opposite, and here’s a perfect example: At the end...