FREE RANGE KIDS 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:
KNOW WHEN TO WORRY (AND NOT) -- Playdates and Axe Murders: How to Tell the Difference
NEVER LISTEN TO EXPERTS -- Who Knew You Were Doing Everything Wrong -- Them
EAT CHOCOLATE -- Give Halloween Back to the Trick or Treaters
TURN OFF THE 24 HOUR NEWS -- Go Easy on "Law & Order" too
STOP THINKING LIKE A LAWYER -- Some Risks are Strength Builders
STUDY HISTORY -- Your 10-year-old Would Have Been Forging Horse Shoes (or at least delivering papers)
FAIL -- It's the New Succeed
LISTEN TO YOUR KIDS -- They're sick of Being Babied (except the actual babies, of course)
LISTEN TO YOUR PARENTS -- They raised you, right? And you're still alive.
RELAX -- Not every little thing you do impacts your child's development, unless you smother or inspire rebellion
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.
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