Top Tweets for #Letgrow

28 days ago

What happens when a middle school gives kids more time to play, connect, and just be kids? At Liberty Middle, chronic absenteeism dropped 11%, discipline improved, and the school earned an “Excellent” rating. Sometimes play really is the answer. https://t.co/ftpbufk9tz #LetGrow

LetGrowOrg's tweet photo. What happens when a middle school gives kids more time to play, connect, and just be kids?

At Liberty Middle, chronic absenteeism dropped 11%, discipline improved, and the school earned an “Excellent” rating.

Sometimes play really is the answer. https://t.co/ftpbufk9tz #LetGrow https://t.co/8h0iQHwiwM

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about 1 month ago

L.A. schools are limiting screen time, reports Sequoia Carrillo at NPR . But -- "Research shows that for kids who don't have the resources for sports or arts programs, their time outside of school is occupied, often, by their phone." #LetGrow has two FREE programs that SOLVE THIS! #1 gets kids doing more IRL outside of school so they are out and about. #2 keeps schools open BEFORE and AFTER school for lightly supervised, no-phones free play -- a safe & social THIRD SPACE. MORE DETAIL and LINK TO THE FREE PROGRAMS (as recommended by Let Grow co-founder @JonHaidt in The Anxious Generation): THE LET GROW EXPERIENCE This is a monthly homework assignment for students K-8: “Go home and do something NEW on your own (with your parents’ permission): Walk the dog, make lunch, run an errand...something you WANT to do!” A pilot study found independence worked faster than cognitive behavioral therapy on childhood anxiety! When kids do something exciting and new on their own, BOTH generations feel a surge of confidence and trust. THE LET GROW PLAY CLUB: Schools K-8 stay open for mixed-age, NO PHONES, lightly supervised free play before or after school. Social-emotional skills blossom! One study found discipline problems plummeting -- and parents overwhelmed with gratitude -- after a school started a Play Club. The adults supervise like lifeguards, intervening only in emergencies. Kids organically learn to make their own fun, empathize, and solve problems. Unstructured play is the original social-emotional learning curriculum! OUR PROGRAMS ARE HERE: https://t.co/nqtVsgNZ0q Attn LAUSD's Andres Chait, William Celestine, Joe Cisneros.

FreeRangeKids's tweet photo. L.A. schools are limiting screen time, reports Sequoia Carrillo at NPR . But --

"Research shows that for kids who don't have the resources for sports or arts programs, their time outside of school is occupied, often, by their phone."

#LetGrow has two FREE programs that SOLVE THIS!

#1 gets kids doing more IRL outside of school so they are out and about. #2 keeps schools open BEFORE and AFTER school for lightly supervised, no-phones free play -- a safe & social THIRD SPACE.

MORE DETAIL and LINK TO THE FREE PROGRAMS (as recommended by Let Grow co-founder @JonHaidt in The Anxious Generation):

THE LET GROW EXPERIENCE
This is a monthly homework assignment for students K-8: “Go home and do something NEW on your own (with your parents’ permission): Walk the dog, make lunch, run an errand...something you WANT to do!” A pilot study found independence worked faster than cognitive behavioral therapy on childhood anxiety! When kids do something exciting and new on their own, BOTH generations feel a surge of confidence and trust.

THE LET GROW PLAY CLUB:
Schools K-8 stay open for mixed-age, NO PHONES, lightly supervised free play before or after school. Social-emotional skills blossom! One study found discipline problems plummeting -- and parents overwhelmed with gratitude -- after a school started a Play Club. The adults supervise like lifeguards, intervening only in emergencies. Kids organically learn to make their own fun, empathize, and solve problems. Unstructured play is the original social-emotional learning curriculum!

OUR PROGRAMS ARE HERE: https://t.co/nqtVsgNZ0q

Attn LAUSD's Andres Chait, William Celestine, Joe Cisneros.

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Matthew Steeples

@M_Steeples

about 2 months ago

The #LetGrow woman on #r4today just now banging on about "becoming normal again" needs to bog off and seek a safe space. Why is this woke wazzockery allowed to continually be shared on @BBCr4today? I love the programme, but I loathe ludicrous segments of this sort. Banish 'Mrs Let Grow'!

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about 2 months ago

TONIGHT AT 7 Eastern time: The Lost Art of Hanging Out! It's our monthly #LetGrow webinar. I'll be interviewing two EXPERTS on getting people together and they've got plenty of DOABLE SUGGESTIONS! Register here -- it's free! https://t.co/RIWWui0wX1

2 months ago

When did hanging out become so complicated? Join Let Grow’s Lenore Skenazy, Vanessa Elias of Block Party USA, and Holly Moscatiello of The Balance Project for The Lost Art of Hanging Out—a conversation about friendship, trust, community. https://t.co/FGjBq1dQsb

LetGrowOrg's tweet photo. When did hanging out become so complicated?

Join Let Grow’s Lenore Skenazy, Vanessa Elias of Block Party USA, and Holly Moscatiello of The Balance Project for The Lost Art of Hanging Out—a conversation about friendship, trust, community. https://t.co/FGjBq1dQsb https://t.co/JBWJRwbzoG

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3 months ago

Growth doesn't happen when every step is planned. It happens when kids have the freedom to explore, imagine, make mistakes, solve problems, and discover the world—and themselves. Let's give kids more chances to do just that. #LetGrow #FreePlay #Confidence #Resilience

LetGrowOrg's tweet photo. Growth doesn't happen when every step is planned.

It happens when kids have the freedom to explore, imagine, make mistakes, solve problems, and discover the world—and themselves.

Let's give kids more chances to do just that.

#LetGrow #FreePlay #Confidence #Resilience https://t.co/FOXCJCzIUl

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4 months ago

Children's Outdoor Play is Not Neglect! Oped by @RepBlakeMoore & @JennMcClellanVA, bi-partisan co-sponsors of the Promoting Childhood Independence & Resilience Act. #LetGrow salutes these champions making a healthy, old-school childhood LEGAL! https://t.co/wr6UAl1tVB

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4 months ago

Best piece EVER. Kids are SHUT INS: "Nearly 2/3 of 17-yos can’t leave their neighborhoods w/out adult supervision. Is it reasonable to expect them to vote at 18? To fight a war?" Screens are their ONLY WAY OUT. Kudos @BenSasse #LetGrow has solutions https://t.co/NOUmZmIw9w

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4 months ago

STRANGE times. Remember corsets? They look crazy & painful in retrospect. As will today's childhood. "By age 14, a majority of American kids are not allowed to travel beyond their own street." We are squeezing the life out of our kids! https://t.co/8txpEs90h9 #LetGrow!

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4 months ago

And in #OHIO: Reasonable Childhood Independence Bill (SB277) passes Senate UNANIMOUSLY! Kudos and thank you to Sen. @theresagavarone, @KentKSmith and @Reason for supporting the right of kids to be out and about (and parents to let them)! Great day for families! #LetGrow!

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4 months ago

Here's yesterday's @DoonesburyComic! Mother's Day! I'm happy someone else sees Free-Range/#LetGrow parenting as a GIFT we can give our kids! https://t.co/E4TD5N27WD

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5 months ago

American kids are generally not free to move around unsupervised. This is the issue @JonHaidt, #PeterGray, #DanShuchman and I founded #LetGrow to address. We are making it EASY, NORMAL and LEGAL to give kids back some independence. VISIT US! JOIN US! SUPPORT US! https://t.co/tDMm7FJ4AK https://t.co/djKKtBRxNe

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5 months ago

MAJOR STUDY FINDS: "Imaginative play is not just recreational but a foundational developmental tool that supports long-term mental wellbeing." LET'S STOP REPLACING IT WITH SCREENS & ADULT-LED ACTIVITIES! https://t.co/diCBOjaNw6 H/T @sambmd #LetGrow

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5 months ago

Play is not extra. It is essential. Play Club gives kids the chance to create, explore, negotiate, imagine, and grow in ways no worksheet or screen ever could. Let kids be kids and watch what happens. Learn about Play Club now! https://t.co/ekqy2UD07Q #LetGrow #FreePlay

LetGrowOrg's tweet photo. Play is not extra.
It is essential.

Play Club gives kids the chance to create, explore, negotiate, imagine, and grow in ways no worksheet or screen ever could.

Let kids be kids and watch what happens. Learn about Play Club now! https://t.co/ekqy2UD07Q

#LetGrow #FreePlay https://t.co/X0VIiqrnR9

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5 months ago

It is better to give a hand UP than a hand OUT, right? IT allows them to achieve their potential. #LetGrow says: It's also true of KIDS. Giving them the independence to do something new ON THEIR OWN (an errand, a cake...) beats doing everything FOR them. And it makes US proud!

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5 months ago

Confidence grows when kids get the chance to do hard things on their own. That’s The Let Grow Experience. One small step for them. One big step toward independence. Explore The Let Grow Experience now! #LetGrow #TheLetGrowExperience

LetGrowOrg's tweet photo. Confidence grows when kids get the chance to do hard things on their own.

That’s The Let Grow Experience.

One small step for them. One big step toward independence. Explore The Let Grow Experience now!

#LetGrow #TheLetGrowExperience https://t.co/V450qcOkXT

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6 months ago

Goooooo, KANSAS! Sunflower State becomes 13th to pass Reasonable Childhood Independence law! It is NOT NEGLECT to take your eyes off your kids! Thank you, Gov. Kelly and Sen. Chase Blasi! #LetGrow!

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