Free The Children. Lenore Skenazy

<strong>Podcast</strong>: <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/how-do-we-fix-it-daviescontent-D2GjIlLRm4o/">How Do We Fix It?</a> (LS 42 &middot; TOP 1.5% <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/listen-score/"><small>what is this?</small></a>)<br><strong>Episode</strong>: <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/e/7c1401aa5d534bebae3341a45d8cc155/">Free The Children. Lenore Skenazy</a><br><strong>Pub date</strong>: 2021-06-18<br><br><img src="https://production.listennotes.com/podcasts/how-do-we-fix-it-davies-content-D2GjIlLRm4o.300x300.jpg" width="150" height="150"></img><br><p>"<a href="https://www.nysun.com/opinion/why-i-let-my-9-year-old-ride-subway-alone/73976/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone</a>" was a 2008 newspaper column that turned into a national campaign to&nbsp;help parents raise their&nbsp;children with less anxiety while pushing back against our culture that has become obsessed with kids' fragility.</p><p><br></p><p>Our guest,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.freerangekids.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lenore Skenazy</a>, founded&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenore_Skenazy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">free-range kids</a>&nbsp;in the years after she first described making the decision to let her son, Izzy, take the New York City subway home alone.&nbsp;Her column resulted in a flood of media coverage and mixed reactions from parents— from accusations of child abuse to fond memories of childhood freedom. She hosted a TV series, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_Worst_Mom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">World's Worst Mom</a>".</p><p><br></p><p>This week, the second edition of her best-selling book, "<a href="https://www.freerangekids.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Free-Range Kids</a>:&nbsp;How Parents and Teachers Can Let Go and Let Grow", is published. In this episode, we discuss how parents and educators&nbsp;can step back so kids step up. We also look at th