Plain pieces about outdoor play, screens, child development and what the science actually says. Aimed at the parent who reads at the kitchen table after the dishes are done.
Parenting
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6 min read
Two generations of research on independent mobility tell a story most parents don't hear: the radius your child is allowed to roam is now about a fifth of what yours was, and the country isn't safer.
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Parenting
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4 min read
Outzy is mostly an outdoor app. On the days when outdoor isn't happening, here is the short list of indoor activities that do, in our family, actually replace the screen.
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Parenting
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4 min read
Boredom is the engine of every interesting thing your child has ever made up. Don't solve it.
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Parenting
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4 min read
How you handle pickup determines about half of how the rest of the day goes. The interventions are tiny.
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Parenting
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4 min read
Risky play is good. Hazards are bad. The two are not the same and conflating them is what produces overprotective parenting.
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Parenting
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4 min read
Companion piece to "when your kid says they're bored": the philosophical case for a slower afternoon.
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Parenting
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5 min read
A short, copy-pasteable agreement we use in our own families. Not aspirational. Actually used.
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Parenting
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5 min read
A specific decision most parents agonise over. The data is friendlier than your gut says.
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