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Let Grow
@LetGrowOrg
Making it easy, normal & legal to give kids some independence, because when adults step back, kids step up. Parents, educators, advocates -- share ideas here!
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    Let Grow
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    Oct 8, 2025
    🇩🇰 Kristen Bell & Dax Shepard let their kids (11 & 9) roam Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens alone—while they sipped coffee & played cards. Kristen calls it “heaven.” ☕🃏 You don’t need a passport to try it—build trust w/ FREE Let Grow programs 👉 letgrow.org/join/ #LetGrow
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    Let Grow
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    Mar 21, 2018
    UTAH BECOMES 1st STATE TO PASS "FREE-RANGE KIDS BILL" The basic point: Our kids have the right to some unsupervised time, and we have the right to give it to them without getting arrested. Have your state do same! Read about bill/download a copy: letgrow.org/free-range-kid… …
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    Let Grow
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    Apr 23, 2022
    Send your kids out with "Have fun! I love you!" instead of "Be Careful. " Instead of feeling you doubt they are capable of handling the unexpected, and they should fear the world outside your own walls, they'll feel trusted, confident and loved!
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    Let Grow
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    Jun 13, 2023
    Peter Gray on what kids get from free play, not organized activities: 1 - To keep the game going, you must keep everyone happy, including the other team. 2 - Rules are made & modified by the players themselves. 3 - Conflicts are settled by... READ ON!
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    #9. Why Adult-Directed Sports Are No Substitute for Kid-Directed Play
    Children learn valuable life lessons in their own games that they don’t learn when adults are in control.
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    Let Grow
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    Jul 13, 2025
    “The way to get over anxiety is to let our kids grow.” 🌱 — @JonHaidt 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…
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    Let Grow
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    Mar 26, 2021
    Educators & counselors considering how to help students dial down anxiety should take a look at these 7th graders who did The Let Grow Project. It's simple, free-- And its impact on anxiety is so stunning, you'll be reading a book about soon. 2-min vid:
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    Let Grow
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    Apr 10, 2019
    “Teaching young people how not to be offended is to equip them to embrace people as complex individuals and not just as mascots of this or that tribe." Schools 'Need to Teach Kids 'How Not to Be Offended' in 2019: letg.ro/2X1FdxX
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    Feb 22, 2023
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    Let Grow
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    Feb 24, 2023
    Get kids thinking, daydreaming & problem solving. Bring back independence! Have your school do The Let Grow Project: Kids get the homework: "Go home & do something new, on your own." Kids discover the world--parents see their kids blossoming. Easy! Free! letgrow.org/program/the-le…
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    Jonathan Haidt
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    Feb 23, 2023
    Biographies of people of exceptional achievement: a common factor is "They had time to roam about and relied heavily on self-directed learning." But we largely stopped kids from doing that in the 1990s. What will happen to innovation? @LetGrowOrg escapingflatland.substack.com/p/childhoods
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    Let Grow
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    Nov 4, 2021
    To Make Kids Safer...Make Playgrounds Riskier! INSURANCE COMPANIES want playgrounds that teach kids to PAY ATTENTION. Some countries are complying. But in America, a kid who fell off a slide was awarded $170,000 for her broken arm. Sigh.
    To Make Kids Safer...Make Playgrounds Riskier!
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    Let Grow
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    Feb 29, 2020
    This is great to see! #LetGrow #LetThem #Reading #LoveLibraries #LoveYourLibrary #Wildschooling #Unschooling #FreeRange -------> letg.ro/2wdd131
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    Let Grow
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    Mar 23, 2023
    Librarian Tells Mom She Broke Law by Letting Son Browse 6 Minutes in Children's Room That's why Let Grow & local parents are working to change Connecticut's neglect laws
    Librarian Tells Mom She Broke The Law By Letting Son Browse 6 Minutes in Children's Room
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    Let Grow
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    Nov 3, 2023
    “Anxiety is the belief that something will go wrong, you won’t be able to handle it, & you'll be hurt. REALITY is when something goes wrong, you figure things out, & it’s not a big deal. So independence—getting kids to deal with reality—busts anxiety.” yhoo.it/3QEyUPv
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    Let Grow
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    Mar 29, 2023
    Actually, Americans DO choose to keep kids safe. It's just that they believe the kids are in constant danger. So they are angry at the parents who give their kids some independence, and believe those parents are endangering their kids. Then sometimes they call 911.
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    Mar 29, 2023
    In Japan, kids can run errands and commute to school alone at a young age. Why? Because Japan has decided that children in Japan are the collective responsibility of society to keep safe. That’s the choice Japan has made. What choice has AMERICA made?
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