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Real World vs Screens - Getting Kids To Crave Real Life

Kids are drawn to screens, but they’re also hungry for real life. How do we help them lean into reality? Let Grow’s Lenore Skenazy chats with “Hunt Gather Parent” author Michaeleen Doucleff about her new book, “Dopamine Kids,” and how giving kids and teens more autonomy, responsibility, and everyday freedom can help loosen screens’ grip.

Webinar - Why Kids Need a Pack, Not Just a Playdate

What if kids didn’t just need more playdates, but a whole pack? Join Let Grow’s upcoming webinar to learn why unstructured, mixed-age play is so important for child development, and how it helps kids build confidence, independence, problem-solving skills, and real-world social skills through the kind of free play kids create themselves.

Webinar - SIMPLIFY SUMMER: DO LESS FOR YOUR KIDS

What if summer felt easier…for everyone? Join Let Grow’s upcoming webinar to learn how to get kids off screens and into real-world adventures, all while building independence and taking the pressure off you to plan, manage, and entertain.

Webinar: Independence The Family "Treatment" for Anxiety

Join Lenore Skenazy and Dr. Camilo Ortiz as they explore Independence Therapy and its surprising effects on both children AND parents. Discover who experiences growth when kids are given the freedom to thrive independently!

Webinar: The Amazing Generation

“The Amazing Generation” is the kid-friendly companion to “The Anxious Generation.” It’s by Catherine Price and Let Grow Co-Founder Jonathan Haidt. Catherine joins us to talk about how to give kids a more amazing, less screen-based childhood.

Webinar: But Won't Kids DIE? The Fight for "Reasonable Childhood Independence" Laws

Is it legal to let your kid walk to the park? Let Grow has helped passed “Reasonable Childhood Independence” laws in 11 states, saying it sure is! Join our Legal Consultant Diane Redleaf, and Indiana State Reps Jake Teshka and Victoria Garcia Wilburn, who are sponsoring an Independence bill RIGHT NOW.

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Webinar: Give the Gift of Independence

In this candid discussion, Lenore sat down with three parents who’ve taken steps to give their kids more independence, even when it felt a little nerve-wracking. Together, they explored how small, everyday moments of responsibility can build confidence, problem-solving skills, and lifelong resilience.

Empowering Parents & Communities: A Toolkit for Independent Kids

Have you told your kids "no" to going outside without you? Have you used this phrase when they complain? "It's not that I don't trust YOU. I don't trust everyone else." How do we get back to having communities where adults look out for kids, support their independence, and allow the experiences that help them grow capable and resilient? Watch Let Grow co-founder, Lenore Skenazy, as she talks with Jill Seplowitz, who went from passionate parent to founder of Champions for Childhood, a growing local parent group promoting child independence, with the help of Let Grow's Community Toolkit. Le

Let Grow Play Club

Children learn important skills and life lessons when adults don’t get involved every step of the way. “In play, children are a head taller,” said the developmental psychologist Lev Vygotsky. You can bring all the benefits of unstructured play to your school or community by starting a Let Grow Play Club. It’s a new kind of play program. The Club is the brainchild of Let Grow co-founder Dr. Peter Gray, the eminent psychologist who has spent his life studying the crucial role of unstructured, mixed-age “free play” in developing children’s creativity, confidence, and ability to thrive. Start y

Webinar: Stranger Things Kids On the Loose

It’s unlikely any 80’s moms actually ran out the door with a weird male friend to fly to Russia with barely a goodbye to her kids, but a lot of the freedom central to Stranger Things was pretty realistic for Gen X. Kids then, and in previous generations, spent a lot of time outside with friends, riding bikes for miles and having adventures. What do today’s kids think about that? Join our webinar and find out as we talk with our young panelists about how their town and parents compare to Hawkins in the Netflix hit.

Webinar: Childhood Independence and Play - The Foundations of Democracy

Democracy relies on us having a sense of agency — the belief that we can independently and effectively control our own lives, determine our opinions, make our decisions — to participate and contribute to society. The drastic changes to childhood in the last decades are preventing our children from developing this crucial skillset and putting America at risk. Join our discussion with Rachel Davison Humphries, Outreach Director for the Bill of Rights Institute, about how experiences of freedom and play prepare kids to understand and practice the civic virtues of common purpose and common good.

Webinar: Free Play & The Anxious Generation

Old fashioned free play is like a vaccine against anxiety, and Let Grow Play Clubs are an easy way to get groups of kids together to just have fun. Kevin Stinehart is a long-time Play Club organizer and joins Lenore Skenazy in a discussion about the why's and how's for schools and parents.

Webinar: How to Get Let Grow at Your School

Lots of parents are asking how to get their schools to have a Let Grow Play Club or do The Let Grow Experience. There's not a single magic answer, but it definitely starts with a relationship. Our Executive Director talks with guess Megan Shahabi, parent and former school principal, and Alyssa Bost, parent & school volunteer. They share tips and advice for successful suggestions.

Webinar: Influencing Without Authority - Bringing Play Club to Your Kid's School

We’re constantly asked by parents how to suggest Let Grow Play Club to a principal or head of school, and there’s no one magic answer. There are, however, a lot of wrong or ineffective ways to ask for a Play Club, and in this interactive webinar we’ll have a panel of parents share their success, give you some techniques and no-no’s, and take your live questions.

Independence Therapy For Anxious Children

Webinar: Clinical Psychologist Dr. Camilo Ortiz will discuss the exciting new treatment for child anxiety he developed called, "Independence Therapy." The discussion will focus on how the treatment is administered and how mental health professionals can use it in their own work.