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Simple Kids Community Book Talk: Free-Range Kids

by Megan

Today is the day for the first ever Simple Kids Book Talk! I am so looking forward to hearing your thoughts and responses to Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry by Lenore Skenazy. Last week, I shared some starter questions to inspire your response to this book. [...]

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5 Positive Character Traits Encouraged by Free-Range Parenting

by Megan

photo by woodleywonderworks I hope yesterday’s conversation inspired those who haven’t yet read Free-Range Kids to find a way to get your hands on a copy. The book speaks to something far beyond allowing our children to walk down the mailbox by themselves. In fact, the reason I chose this book as our first book [...]

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Free Range Kids Week: Recalling the Freedom We Had

by Megan

photo by chefranden Welcome to Free Range Kids Week at Simple Kids! I am so excited about the upcoming book talk that will take place on Thursday. This is such a diverse, intelligent, and helpful community – I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on Lenore Skenazy’s Free-Range Kids. The subtitle of this book is [...]

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Simple Kids is about celebrating the freedom of childhood. Our writers come from a variety of backgrounds and experience, but we have one common goal: we love our children. We try to complicate parenting, but it doesn't have to be hard. Childhood can be simple. We celebrate that.