Comments for FreeRangeKids http://freerangekids.wordpress.com Give Our Kids the Freedom We Had Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:43:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Outrage of the Week: Mom Arrested for Letting Kids Go to the Mall by Marla http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/outrage-of-the-week-mom-arrested-for-letting-kids-go-to-the-mall/#comment-8581 Marla Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:43:53 +0000 http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/?p=601#comment-8581 I just read this in Brain, Child and came here to submit it to this blog as the Outrage of the Week, and it was already posted. "Outrage" is the perfect word for it. Argh! I just read this in Brain, Child and came here to submit it to this blog as the Outrage of the Week, and it was already posted. “Outrage” is the perfect word for it. Argh!

]]> Comment on Outrage of the Week: Mom Arrested for Letting Kids Go to the Mall by Leah Weiss Caruso http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/outrage-of-the-week-mom-arrested-for-letting-kids-go-to-the-mall/#comment-8580 Leah Weiss Caruso Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:08:44 +0000 http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/?p=601#comment-8580 that's horrific. disgusting. infuriating. UNIMAGINABLE. and yet, it happened. i'm so stunned i don't even know what to say. God bless that woman for standing up for herself. Good lord. that’s horrific. disgusting. infuriating. UNIMAGINABLE. and yet, it happened. i’m so stunned i don’t even know what to say. God bless that woman for standing up for herself. Good lord.

]]> Comment on Outrage of the Week: Mom Arrested for Letting Kids Go to the Mall by Jeremy http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/outrage-of-the-week-mom-arrested-for-letting-kids-go-to-the-mall/#comment-8579 Jeremy Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:05:06 +0000 http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/?p=601#comment-8579 I'm practically shaking with rage at the fact that Bridget could either succumb to the wagging finger of shame at her parenting abilities to get off with a lighter fine or dig in and pay thousands of dollars to prove that she's a good mother. Those officers should be so lucky they never have their own parenting abilities put on trial to be dissected by the public. I’m practically shaking with rage at the fact that Bridget could either succumb to the wagging finger of shame at her parenting abilities to get off with a lighter fine or dig in and pay thousands of dollars to prove that she’s a good mother.

Those officers should be so lucky they never have their own parenting abilities put on trial to be dissected by the public.

]]> Comment on Outrage of the Week: Mom Arrested for Letting Kids Go to the Mall by silvermine http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/outrage-of-the-week-mom-arrested-for-letting-kids-go-to-the-mall/#comment-8578 silvermine Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:57:22 +0000 http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/?p=601#comment-8578 When I was 12, I babysat other kids. I'm sure my sister took me to the park when she was 12 and I was 3. Wow. When I was 12, I babysat other kids. I’m sure my sister took me to the park when she was 12 and I was 3.

Wow.

]]> Comment on Outrage of the Week: Mom Arrested for Letting Kids Go to the Mall by Jules http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/outrage-of-the-week-mom-arrested-for-letting-kids-go-to-the-mall/#comment-8577 Jules Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:52:31 +0000 http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/?p=601#comment-8577 (((((((((((((((Bridget))))))))))))) I swear we have just gone NUTS in this country in our need to protect kids from all real and imagined dangers. sheesh.... Good for you for sticking up for yourself and your parenting choices. I'm sorry that they were able to make you feel guilty instead of the righteous anger you should have been feeling. (((((((((((((((Bridget)))))))))))))

I swear we have just gone NUTS in this country in our need to protect kids from all real and imagined dangers.
sheesh….
Good for you for sticking up for yourself and your parenting choices. I’m sorry that they were able to make you feel guilty instead of the righteous anger you should have been feeling.

]]> Comment on Outrage of the Week: Mom Arrested for Letting Kids Go to the Mall by Jen http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/outrage-of-the-week-mom-arrested-for-letting-kids-go-to-the-mall/#comment-8576 Jen Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:37:56 +0000 http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/?p=601#comment-8576 ((hugs for Bridget)) What a terrible thing for you and your family to have to go through. Kudos to you for sticking to your guns and not backing down to plead guilty. Where were the parents of the other children during all this? Did they not come forward and defend you and your decision? Surely a united group of parents would have been better than one woman alone in the courtroom. ((hugs for Bridget)) What a terrible thing for you and your family to have to go through. Kudos to you for sticking to your guns and not backing down to plead guilty. Where were the parents of the other children during all this? Did they not come forward and defend you and your decision? Surely a united group of parents would have been better than one woman alone in the courtroom.

]]> Comment on Outrage of the Week: Mom Arrested for Letting Kids Go to the Mall by Bonnie http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/outrage-of-the-week-mom-arrested-for-letting-kids-go-to-the-mall/#comment-8575 Bonnie Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:16:23 +0000 http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/?p=601#comment-8575 So not guilty! This response in Bozeman is not the Montana I grew up in (with the exception of the rancher in the mock jury). What a waste of everyone's time, money, and emotional energy. Kudos to Ms. Lieb for not caving in and pleading guilty. So not guilty! This response in Bozeman is not the Montana I grew up in (with the exception of the rancher in the mock jury). What a waste of everyone’s time, money, and emotional energy. Kudos to Ms. Lieb for not caving in and pleading guilty.

]]> Comment on Network TV News Show Seeks Families Going “Free-Range”-ish by Karen Halsey http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/network-tv-news-show-seeks-families-going-free-range-ish/#comment-8574 Karen Halsey Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:03:55 +0000 http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/?p=561#comment-8574 Our 6 year-old daughter doesn't have one after-school activity (other than PT daycare) and my son has only played baseball and participated in a school play. We would rather they find a friend in the neighbor to play with, hang out with us, read a book, make fairy houses in the backyard, create clay creatures for intense battles, make special potions, bug each other -- rather than be scheduled 24/7 like so many others in our town. Love your book -- I'm on Commandment 13! Karen Tiburon, CA Our 6 year-old daughter doesn’t have one after-school activity (other than PT daycare) and my son has only played baseball and participated in a school play.

We would rather they find a friend in the neighbor to play with, hang out with us, read a book, make fairy houses in the backyard, create clay creatures for intense battles, make special potions, bug each other — rather than be scheduled 24/7 like so many others in our town.

Love your book — I’m on Commandment 13!

Karen
Tiburon, CA

]]> Comment on Are We Too Obsessed with Our Kids? by MaeMae http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/are-we-too-obsessed-with-our-kids/#comment-8573 MaeMae Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:55:51 +0000 http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/?p=555#comment-8573 @AllThings: I am right there with you. It seems the new thing to talk about is how much your childrens' friends adore you. I don't mind that mu kids have friends over but there are times when my door is definitely closed. After work, homeschooling the kids, and housework I want to lounge in my pajamas and not entertain anyone. My parents always expected me to entertain my friends when they were at the house and I did. It seems that some of the kids that come over now expect me to be involved in everything they do and talk to me about everything. I don't really have much to say to a 9-year-old that I've only met a few times. I'm trying to teach my kids that their time with friends is mommy's time to read a book or tan. @AllThings: I am right there with you. It seems the new thing to talk about is how much your childrens’ friends adore you. I don’t mind that mu kids have friends over but there are times when my door is definitely closed. After work, homeschooling the kids, and housework I want to lounge in my pajamas and not entertain anyone.
My parents always expected me to entertain my friends when they were at the house and I did. It seems that some of the kids that come over now expect me to be involved in everything they do and talk to me about everything. I don’t really have much to say to a 9-year-old that I’ve only met a few times. I’m trying to teach my kids that their time with friends is mommy’s time to read a book or tan.

]]> Comment on CAUTION: Sand Presents Uneven Surface! by Compostwoman http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/caution-sand-presents-uneven-surface/#comment-8571 Compostwoman Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:55:41 +0000 http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/?p=569#comment-8571 Oh, I am in the UK, btw... Oh, I am in the UK, btw…

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