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[@FreeRangeKids](/creator/twitter/FreeRangeKids)
"RANT #7399: How we got to HELICOPTER PARENTING: X - Excess fear and attention to extremely rare/high-profile kidnappings in late 70s/early 80s led to "milk carton kids" made us start to believe that anytime a kid was unsupervised they were in DANGER. X - "Stranger danger" became a constant drumbeat (even tho vast majority of crimes against kids are committed by people they KNOW). So constant supervision -- and even PRIDE in distrusting others -- became the norm. X - Meantime smaller families and X incomes meant more money could be spent on each kid. Market responded with new programs (travel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FreeRangeKids/status/1980303942320898523) [@FreeRangeKids](/creator/x/FreeRangeKids) 2025-10-20T16:03Z 47K followers, 3773 engagements


"Pennsylvania mom placed on child abuse registry for letting 13-year-old babysit"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2025/10/16/mom-placed-on-child-abuse-registry-for-letting-13-year-old-babysit/) [@FreeRangeKids](/creator/x/FreeRangeKids) 2025-10-16T19:57Z 47.1K followers, 12.7K engagements


"You bet I'm going to this @JonHaidt& @BariWeisswill chat live Oct. XX X pm in NYCon how to reclaim childhood in a digital world. Of course they'll talk about phones but ALSO how to give kids more independence & free play Tickets here:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FreeRangeKids/status/1977531666404143340) [@FreeRangeKids](/creator/x/FreeRangeKids) 2025-10-13T00:27Z 47.1K followers, 19.1K engagements


"Dear @Facebook @FB or heck Marc Zuckerberg: Somehow on FB I am "mentioning disabled." I think I should be mentionable. All I do is try to make it normal for us to trust our kids with some unsupervised time. Can you please help me fix this weird status of mine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FreeRangeKids/status/1979251762562236426) [@FreeRangeKids](/creator/x/FreeRangeKids) 2025-10-17T18:22Z 47.1K followers, 1929 engagements


"GREAT REAL story: How X Dublin boys XX & XX got themselves to NYC evading authorities in X countries in 1985. They took a train ferry plane. They told gatekeeper "Our parents are behind us." When "caught" they were put in a hotel w/ FIVE GUARDS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FreeRangeKids/status/1977764014412251263) [@FreeRangeKids](/creator/x/FreeRangeKids) 2025-10-13T15:51Z 47.1K followers, 13.5K engagements


"If you're up now perhaps you'll join me next Saturday night at 11:59 pm for New York City's Midnight Mingle. We'll meet in Grand Central and go for an hour stroll. One catch: Its for singles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FreeRangeKids/status/1979753761284485490) [@FreeRangeKids](/creator/x/FreeRangeKids) 2025-10-19T03:37Z 47.1K followers, 3745 engagements


"NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT Oct. XX Yes it's a first. Yes my dream job (aside from changing the culture and making childhood independence normal again) is.matchmaker If you are coming try to bring a single friend of the opposite gender. More/merrier. And I'm bringing cookies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FreeRangeKids/status/1979912289974120864) [@FreeRangeKids](/creator/x/FreeRangeKids) 2025-10-19T14:07Z 47.1K followers, 2325 engagements


"My first and only main-stage TED Talk: The Surprisingly Simple Secret to Less-Anxious Children Teens and PARENTS (A.k.a. "Why You Should Spend Less Time with Your Kids.")"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FreeRangeKids/status/1966615243913576661) [@FreeRangeKids](/creator/x/FreeRangeKids) 2025-09-12T21:29Z 47K followers, 29.7K engagements


"Fear may be skyrocketing. Helicopter parenting may be soaring. Children may be locked inside w/ their devices by terrified adults. BUT "Murder is falling at the fastest pace ever recorded in 2025" writes crime data analyst @Crimealytics :"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FreeRangeKids/status/1980273434316947930) [@FreeRangeKids](/creator/x/FreeRangeKids) 2025-10-20T14:02Z 47.1K followers, XXX engagements


"It's like Musical Chairs except without chairs. If you are trying to get your suitcase into a bin and you are at the end of the line you will get to the front of the line by (checks notes) never. But you may see some other people get through"  
[X Link](https://x.com/FreeRangeKids/status/1980352565125726451) [@FreeRangeKids](/creator/x/FreeRangeKids) 2025-10-20T19:16Z 47K followers, 1693 engagements