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TV Anchors: No Children Were Harmed But They COULD Have Been, So Let’s Look...

Why zktfydekni do I blame the media for making us so afraid for our kids? Because the media are to blame! Print, TV, the Internet, movies, news shows and of course viral videos — the media are all SO...

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Kids Getting Drunk on Hand Sanitizer: CNN’s Latest Fear

. A bunch of you sent me this feahsntrbr CNN piece about the hidden dangers (every TV producer’s favorite kind!) of hand sanitizer. While the video is about teens deliberately drinking the stuff, the...

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Let’s Write Some REAL WORLD Free-Range Headlines: “Kids Play Outside, Come...

. This rihddskfrz great idea comes to us from Emily Adams, whose insights and emails I am always grateful for. Please add your own headlines! Dear Lenore: Maybe Free-Range Kids could expand, and do a...

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An 8-Year-Old Dies, Possibly Killed by a Birthday Balloon, Which Means…

. A tragedy occurred in Portland, OR, just a few days ago: A idydyyirad girl who went to bed after her dad’s birthday party was found dead 20 minutes later with a giant Mylar balloon somehow (the...

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Is Newspaper Trying to Make this 5-Year-Old’s Death EVEN SADDER?

. If you can stand it, please take a look at nzrdkrsesn this article from the Sydney Morning Herald about the death of a 5-year-old boy who tripped on his pre-school’s steps. Is it just me or is the...

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Grieving Mom Warns: “This Could Happen to Any Family with a 300-Pound Pet...

. All hail The Onion and it’s “Today Now” show! As the host notes of this story, “It’s the moment that every parent with a 20-foot long snake fears most, and one you can’t possibly predict.” (Sorry...

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“She Was Walking to her Car in the Parking Lot When the Unthinkable Happened”

. A couple of you have sent me this ad that is making the rounds: It dhiehtebfa was just a normal day at the mall for Jennifer Dellert… until everything went horribly wrong. Sigh.   She had just left...

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A Sex Trafficking Reality Check

More yzehkhsbeb insight from the real world about trafficking: Dear Free-Range Kids: First, I want to thank you for your crusade!  It has inspired me to be a more relaxed mother & help my friends...

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Brainwashed into Believing Things are Bad

This is a topic covered often by commenter hskrtbtfri Donald Christensen, who points out that repetition turns into belief. So when the media repeat the same type of stories day after day — murder!...

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