.St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Kent Catholic Schools' Partnership See also recent article from Tooled Up Tips following similar incident. tooledupeducation.com/parenting-ques…

There's a really important point in this about when precaution strays into projection of fear. The rise of parents tracking kids. A Love Letter From Big Brother Mommy & Daddy open.substack.com/pub/johnallenw…

The fact this plea is about teenagers rather than, say, 10 year-olds, speaks volumes!!! Give Your Teen Some Freedom on Their Summer Vacation reason.com/2025/07/09/giv… via reason

Let children play in the heat or we’ll raise a generation of wimps telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/1…

“The way to get over anxiety is to let our kids grow.” 🌱 — Jonathan Haidt In a convo with Virginia’s First Lady, Haidt recommends The Let Grow Experience: a simple, free school assignment where kids try something new on their own. ✨ Join the movement: letgrow.org/program/experi…

"How did this all become so difficult?" See my thoughts on summer holidays, childhood freedom and (anti) stranger danger. Massive thanks to Tooled Up Tips. tooledupeducation.com/wednesday-wisd… Let Grow Lenore Skenazy

Another consequence of our reluctance to let children spend time outside??? Vitamin D deficiency linked to rising autism cases in children: Study financialexpress.com/business/healt… via Financial Express

Hi Kent Police Sevenoaks You might like to check out free #CleverNeverGoes resources - an alternative to stranger danger which is ineffective. Clever Never Goes is used in the Met police and highlighted in the latest DoE Keeping Children Safe in Education. clevernevergoes.org/police/

Released this week. In 2024/25 police recorded 1,123 offences of child abduction in England and Wales (down 1 offence from 23/24). Note: this includes parents, known offenders, strangers + attempts and completed offences.

The avg young person today is on course to spend 25 years of their life on their phone. (Plus more on other screens). Most of them don't want to live this way, but feel trapped. How about we delay giving smartphones and tablets till at least 14? thetimes.com/uk/technology-…

It undoubtedly is more complicated than just one terrible event, but equally there is little doubt that 'stranger danger' signalled a turning point in parental (and society's) tolerance of risk. How Parenting Changed After Etan Patz nytimes.com/2025/07/28/nyr…

Kids looking out of the car window rather than zoned out on a tablet!! Whatever next!?!? Wildlife TV presenter Steve Backshall: “Kids do click into the natural world” independent.co.uk/life-style/hea…

Absolutely! And @freerangekids is correct to say that it's not the fault of parents per se, rather social norms (and I would add cultural scripts...) Want Kids to Spend Less Time in the Virtual World? Give Them Back the Real One! freerangekids.com/want-kids-to-s…

Kids Don't Want Screens—They Want Freedom reason.com/2025/08/06/kid… via reason

The legacy of stranger danger from Australia, but relevant across the western world. Social isolation has become the norm. (Any publishers/agents out there fancy looking at a whole book on this topic????) theguardian.com/australia-news…

You KNOW you're making headway when your Schools Mgr says: "It's only 1pm & I've already had calls with educators in Sweden, Morocco, Canada, and India! (& the US of course)." Let Grow's FREE independence-building programs for schools are HERE: letgrow.org/program/educat…

Six years ago, my daughter walked to school on her own for the first time (age 9). It was the start of a flowering of independence. My eternal thanks to Lenore Skenazy, who inspired me to let her do it. She wrote about the decision parents face, here: letgrow.org/jonathan-haidt…

Sad to hear of the death of Lord Boswell. Together with Missing People he was instrumental in persuading the Ministry of Justice to enact the Missing Persons Presumption of Death Act 2013 to assist families of missing people to resolve their affairs.

In the US, states are legislating to protect parents from prosecution for allowing their children freedoms which would have been taken for granted a couple of decades ago. Can legislation protecting parents restore childhood freedoms? myhometowntoday.com/news/pennsylva…

Mooney ’29: We should all talk to more strangers browndailyherald.com/article/2025/1…