by Kimberlee Morrison | Jun 1, 2011 | Parenting
With the surprise arrival of the elder boy and a house full of kids this afternoon (my own plus several neighbor kids), I realized that summer vacation is upon me. And I’m so not ready for this. How am I to get any work done with a bunch of kids in the house,...
by Kimberlee Morrison | May 27, 2011 | Parenting, The Boy
It happened again…Quite possibly the biggest fear of any free-range parent: Someone called the police about my son being unsupervised. This time the call came from someone who had my address, and probably, one of my neighbors. Unlike the previous run in with the...
by Kimberlee Morrison | May 23, 2011 | Parenting, The Boy
Last year the Boy and I celebrated a play holiday created by Free-Range Kids author Lenore Skenazy: Take Your Kids to the Park and Leave Them There. We biked to the park and I left him at the playground while I rode the bike trails. I was nervous at first, but when I...
by Kimberlee Morrison | May 10, 2011 | Books, Parenting
If you’re a regular reader, you know I love the Free-Range Kids blog, by Lenore Skenazy. (If you’re not a regular reader, here’s the feed). Recently, when I got the itch to read a hard copy book, I purchased Skenazy’s book, Free-Range Kids: How...
by Kimberlee Morrison | Apr 22, 2011 | The Boy
That’s what the commercial said. I didn’t actually hear it. The Boy was listening to the TV with his headphones on. “It said ‘an hour of exercise a day and a balanced diet can keep you skinny and healthy,'” he said removing the headphones...
