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Frozen III, or: The Day I Met Joe Leonard
The World is Drowning!
No Place for Youth
The Perfect Day
Upon Us All a Little Rain Must Fall
Discussing Social Justice
Gone Toilet Bowling
About a year ago, Tuesday Flying Squad decided to go bowling. We decided to go to Shell Lanes, out near Coney Island. During our first set, the ceiling a distance away broke open and a pipe started leaking. It soon became clear by the smell that this was a pipe leaving the bathroom toilets… The …
Tattoos for Children
C is the Head Instigator of the United Pranking Association. He is also an eleven year old who attends Friday Flying Squad. I promised him that before the end of the year we would pull off the best prank ever: find a tattoo parlor to give him a fake tattoo and send the photos to …
No Place for Youth
I walked out of an orthodontist’s office with my thirteen year old yesterday after our first appointment. As we sat on the subway on the way home I said something along the lines of, “I was trying to place the reason as to why that office visit felt so uncomfortable to me and also clearly …
Free Chocolate, Strombolites, and Yurt Meditation
By far, this was the best Friday Flying Squad day yet (for me at least!) I’m not even sure where to start…
Hugs in the Park
It was your average Tuesday Flying Squad day… including hugs in the park, we laughed, we cried. Entertainment for the whole family.
Free Samples! Free Samples!
A vampire walked down the street today shouting “free samples,” handing out vegan cookie pieces to passersby. He happens to be a member of Friday Flying Squad.
Anywhere Without Books
One of the young people in the group frequently has a go-to every time we are sitting down to plan our day together: “Anywhere without books.” This is a response to the fact that we as a group keep ending up at libraries, bookstores, or other places filled with books, and this particular young person …
A Free School, Unschoolers, and a Flying Squad Walk into a Park…
…surely this is the beginning of a good joke?
The Climate: Is It an Emergency for Youth?
Today we went to Fridays For Future (FFF) at City Hall, a youth-based, peaceful organization striking for the climate emergency.
The Volacity of a Skate Park
“Do you want to learn how to use one of those BMX bikes?” A facilitator asks a young person, as she watches with curiosity. ”No, but I want to learn to skateboard.” She answers as she runs up and down the halfpipes. There are so many things to learn about in the world. Each individual …