false 6250260 1 <i>FREE RANGE KIDS</i> has become a national movement, sparked by the incredible response to Lenore Skenazy’s piece about allowing her 9-year-old ride the subway alone in NYC. Parent groups argued about it, bloggers blogged, spouses became uncivil with each other, and the media jumped all over it. This book debunks dangerous myths and advocates rational care with Free Range Parenting Commandments, including: <p> KNOW WHEN TO WORRY (AND NOT) -- Playdates and Axe Murders: How to Tell the Difference <p> NEVER LISTEN TO EXPERTS -- Who Knew You Were Doing Everything Wrong -- Them <p> EAT CHOCOLATE -- Give Halloween Back to the Trick or Treaters <p> TURN OFF THE 24 HOUR NEWS -- Go Easy on "Law & Order" too  <p> STOP THINKING LIKE A LAWYER -- Some Risks are Strength Builders <p> STUDY HISTORY -- Your 10-year-old Would Have Been Forging Horse Shoes (or at least delivering papers) <p> FAIL -- It's the New Succeed <p> LISTEN TO YOUR KIDS -- They're sick of Being Babied (except the actual babies, of course) <p> LISTEN TO YOUR PARENTS -- They raised you, right? And you're still alive. <p> RELAX -- Not every little thing you do impacts your child's development, unless you smother or inspire rebellion <p> A lot of parents today, Skenazy says, see no difference between letting their kids walk to school and letting them walk through a firing range. Any risk is seen as too much risk. But if you try to prevent every possible danger or difficult in your child’s everyday life, that child never gets a chance to grow up. We parents have to realize that the greatest risk of all just might be trying to raise a child who never encounters choice or independence. <p> 6433097 20 4 2009 Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry total:163|5:50|4:67|3:39|2:6|1:1| 163 648 456 78 5 3 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 07:52:03 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 11:05:11 -0700 2009
Our chi...more...]]> 0 1 false false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 04:52:37 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 13:35:10 -0700 2009 The Mojo Mom Podcast so I hope you'll listen in.]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 15:46:30 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 15:51:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun May 24 05:42:55 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 05:42:55 -0700 2009 The book is well organized and has its good points against 'helicopter', overprotective parenting. I also like Lenore Skenazy's style and sense of humor. But not all the parents I've seen around ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 20:27:05 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 20:17:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 13:46:01 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 09:21:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 07:46:09 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 06:29:14 -0700 2009
This is the kind of world we live in today, where we are kept in a constant state of worry and fear about things that our parents didn't really sweat over too much.

Skenazy let her nine year old son ride the subway from bloomingdales to their home by...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 08:11:08 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 07:13:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 21:51:03 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 17:44:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 16:10:37 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 14:47:36 -0700 2009
Well, not really. But wouldn't it be great to not be so nervous and fearful of every little thing that could possibly happen to your kids? Is the world really that much worse th...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Sep 29 18:34:52 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 12:07:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 16:41:24 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 11:52:41 -0700 2009
She has some excellent points, and I agree with almost all of her points. This is mostly for (or, against) parents who think that scraped knees, broken bones, germs, and losing a ball game are terrible things to be avoided. It is also written for (or against) parents who think 10 ye...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 16:25:39 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 16:26:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 10:09:04 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 17:44:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 13 20:19:57 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 20:23:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat May 30 17:51:02 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 05:20:21 -0700 2009 But I did find it encouraging and found myself giving my kids
more freedom and choices. (They've done just fine too!)
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