Free to Be Free Range: A 4th of July Note for Brave Families!

Independence Still Matters and Why Our Kids Need It More Than Ever

Jul 04, 2025

Independence Still Matters (and Why Our Kids Need It More Than Ever

Dear Freedom-Loving Families,

This Independence Day, while you fire up the grill, light a few “completely legal” fireworks (wink), and watch your kids run barefoot through the yard — I hope you pause to remember one truth:

Freedom isn’t just an idea. It’s a responsibility.

That’s it.

And, that’s why around here we believe in Free-Range Families. Brave families. Homestead mamas with dirt under their nails and kids who’d rather climb trees than sit in a classroom all day memorizing what someone else says to think.

The real story of July 4th isn’t about perfection — it’s about ordinary people with extraordinary courage who decided enough was enough. Who decided that faith, family, and freedom were worth fighting for.

Sound familiar?

If you’re reading this, you’re probably one of those families.

The ones raising free-thinkers.

The ones bringing your kids home — not just physically, but heart-and-soul home.

Home to truth. Home to your table. Home to a life where they’re rooted and ready to stand firm.

Why We Go Free-Range

Look at that graphic I made this week — that’s you! ALL OF YOU!

Kids learning under big skies. Parents walking a dirt path to their homestead. Books, notebooks, and imagination instead of tablets and test prep.

It’s not always easy — but was freedom ever easy?

Sometimes it looks like chickens in the yard.

Sometimes it’s a backyard garden or a stack of canning jars.

Sometimes it’s a late-night conversation with your teen about what’s true, what’s right, and what we stand for. - That’s every night for us!

This Independence Day, Remember:

We don’t raise them to be tame — we raise them to be true.

We don’t keep them in a box — we teach them to discern.

We don’t outsource their future — we build it together.

We’re not just celebrating the freedom we have. We’re stewarding the freedom we’ll pass down.

One brave, barefoot, book-loving, free-range kid at a time.

Join the Movement

If you haven’t yet, come join our RAISEThemUp family: part of the FreeRangeFamilies Network!

Subscribe. Share. Invite your friends. And, together - Let’s create space for brave, free-thinkers to grow — and maybe get a little dirt on our knees along the way.

Happy Independence Day, Free-Range Families.

Keep raising them up. Keep raising them free.

With grit and grace,

Britt