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I Took the Government to Court for Kids’ Independence. I lost (for now).

Adrian Crook

Appeal Fund Read easy-to-share versions of this story, here: Twitter thread (please RT!)Facebook postGoFundMe campaign for appeal Remember when the BC’s Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD), after an anonymous report, decided my kids couldn’t ride the bus (or do...

Very Superstitious: How Fact-Free Parenting Policies Rob Our Kids of Independence

Adrian Crook

I’ve been teaching my oldest kids (ages 7, 8, 9 and 11, as I write this) how to take the city bus to and from their school for the last two years. It’s gone unequivocally well, with the kids slowly progressing from riding with me for the entire trip, to being on their own for part of it, to riding...