Lenore Skenazy Wants Us to Free Range Our Kids

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3.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Lenore Skenazy has been fighting against helicopter parenting ever since 2008 when she published her controversial and eye-opening column about letting her then 9-year-old ride the subway home alone. That inspired her to found Free-Range Kids, which consists of a book, blog and movement dedicated to the belief that kids are not in constant danger. Her book is titled Free-Range Kids, How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry). Lenore is also president of Let Grow, a non-profit organization that promotes independence for kids. Previous to these roles, Lenore was a reporter-turned-columnist at The New York Daily News for nearly 14 years.

In this episode, Lenore tells Hilaria and Daphne about the virtues of allowing children to be reasonably more independent and take more chances. She says that letting kids play on their own can free them from fears and allow them to problem solve on their own, which will only benefit them as they mature.

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Hilaria: Carson BugView Quick-Release Bug Catching Tool

Lenore: Free to Learn by Peter Gray

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0:00.0	Being a mom is the toughest job there is and it doesn't come with instructions.
0:05.0	So it's okay if you don't have all the answers.
0:07.7	We'll figure it out together.
0:09.4	This is Mombrain with Alaria Baldwin and Daphne Az. Hey guys, welcome back to Mombrain.
0:17.0	I'm Elaria.
0:18.0	And I'm Daphne.
0:19.0	And today we are talking with Lenore Schenesi,
0:22.0	who is kind of blowing our... talking with
0:23.3	Linae Nore Schenasey who is kind of blowing our mind a little bit with how simple things need to be.
0:28.4	We are those of us who tend to be helicopter moms or overbearing, neurotic, nervous, you know, all those kinds of things that I definitely do from time to time.
0:38.0	She is here to tell us why that is actually hurting our child's development and how we can do it better.
0:45.1	I definitely learned a lot on this podcast.
0:47.4	I highly recommend tuning in and taking notes and then being brave, taking a deep breath and then letting go of some things.
0:55.0	I mean these are the episodes honestly that I learned so much from and that I really
0:59.0	love when we do because I just feel like it it's just food for thought as we navigate this wonderful
1:03.8	wild world of parenting so now here is Lenore Schenese and free-range parenting.
1:09.6	Mone way! I'm going to be.
1:28.2	I'm Lenore Schenase. I'm President of Let Grow, not Let It Grow, not Let's Go, not Let's Grow, that'd be weird, it's Let Grow.org, and I also started the free-range kids movement, and I'm a mom of two.
1:35.0	Follow me at Let Grow.org.
1:38.0	That's Let Grow on Twitter, let grow on Instagram, let grow on
1:42.0	org. And we can also email you. You can email me at info at let grow
1:47.0	L E T G R O W dot org.
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