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Raising self-confident independent children requires parents to take several steps back from hovering. And it requires tuning out the opinions of other people who seek constant adult supervision as essential.

It's complicated because while statistically, it's

highly unlikely that a child will be run over in the street or critically injured on the

playground or, God forbid, stolen by a stranger, we all understand that the unthinkable is not

impossible. From KERA in Dallas, this is think. I'm Chris Boyd. One way to manage that fear is to take every

precaution. Keep tabs every waking minute, be ready to step in and help as soon as kids struggle.

The other way is to grant children age-appropriate autonomy to explore and learn from their

experiences. That more hands-off approach might sound like less work for parents,

but my guest has found it can be far more challenging. Simon Luson writes four magazines,

including McLean's, Toronto Life, and Report on Business and teaches at the University of Toronto.

His essay for The Walrus is titled, Is It Dangerous to Let Kids Be Free? Simon, welcome to think.

Thanks so much. It's great to be back on the show. You start this essay with a guy named Adrian

Crook, and maybe more than most people, Adrian had a keen awareness of the hazards of automobiles, right?

Adrian lost a close friend during high school to a car accident,

and he also lost his grandmother to a car accident.

So he had this keen awareness that cars are really dangerous.

He had split from his wife in 2013 and found a condo in downtown Vancouver

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