Free-Range Kids, How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry) Book Summary

In 'Free-Range Kids', Lenore Skenazy challenges the pervasive culture of overprotectiveness that today’s parents face. She advocates for allowing children the freedom to explore, learn, and grow independently, fostering resilience and self-reliance. Through engaging anecdotes and insightful statistics, Skenazy dismantles the fears surrounding child safety and exposes the often irrational basis for parental anxiety. This book is not just about parenting; it’s a call to reclaim childhood joy and adventure. Join the movement to raise competent kids while keeping your sanity intact!

By Lenore Skenazy

Published: 2010

""Kids need freedom to explore and learn from their own adventures, not just the safety nets we create around them.""

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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. 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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Lenore Skenazy

Lenore Skenazy is an acclaimed author, speaker, and television personality known for her advocacy of independent parenting and child safety. She gained national attention as the founder of the Free-Range Kids movement, which encourages parents to give their children more freedom and opportunities for self-reliance. Skenazy is the author of several notable works, including 'Free-Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry)' and 'Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder.' Her writing is characterized by a blend of humor, personal anecdotes, and a passionate defense of childhood independence, challenging societal fears and cultural norms surrounding parenting. Skenazy's engaging style resonates with readers, making her a prominent voice in contemporary discussions about parenting and child development.

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Authors
Lenore Skenazy
Published
April 2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
ISBN
0470574755
Language
English
Pages
247
Genres
Parent Child CommunicationParentingParenting Techniques

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