Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry by Lenore Skenazy
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- Pub. Date: April 2009
- 256pp
- Sales Rank: 11,313
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: April 2009
- Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
- Format: Hardcover, 256pp
- Sales Rank: 11,313
- ISBN-13: 9780470471944
- ISBN: 0470471948
Synopsis
How come we had so much more freedom when we were kids? How can we give our kids that freedom now?
When Lenore Skenazy wrote a newspaper column about letting her nine-year-old ride the subway alone in New York City, little did she realize that the response would spark a national movement. Her outspoken, commonsense approach to parenting galvanized a huge wave of supporters—and a counterstorm of protest from others who dubbed her "America's Worst Mom."
In this funny, fed-up book, Lenore encourages parents to let their kids be kids. She's all for helmets and car seats but insists children do not need a security detail every time they go outside. Armed with stories, wisecracks, and a battery of facts, she gleefully punctures modern-day myths about rampant kidnapping, marauding germs, and poisoned Halloween candy. After exposing where these worries come from, she gives tips on how to break free. Her Fourteen Free-Range Commandments include:
KNOW WHEN TO WORRY Play Dates and Axe Murderers: How to Tell the Difference
BOYCOTT BABY KNEE PADS And the Rest of the Kiddie Safety-Industrial Complex
RELAX Not Every Little Thing You Do Has That Much Impact on Your Child's Development
The book reads like a conversation with your funniest, most honest friend. Readers will find themselves laughing out loud while shedding their fears. For anyone who remembers the days of walking to school, playing outside, or eating a kernel of unwrapped candy corn—and longs to bring them back to childhood—this book is a must-read.
Biography
LENORE SKENAZY is a syndicated columnist, humorist, and founder of Free-Range Kids. She has written for periodicals from Reader's Digest to The Times (of London) to Mad magazine, and been a commentator on CNBC, the Food Network, and NPR. Her books include The Dysfunctional Family Christmas Songbook and Who's the Blonde That Married What's-His-Name? She lives with her husband and two sons in New York City.
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June 10, 2009: A very well researched book on a common sense approach to parenting that has been a long time coming. Skenazy takes "helicopter parents" and brings them back down to earth with humor, advice, and the experiences of bringing up her two children in the teeming metropolis of New York City. Taking all the fear out of parenting in practically impossible, but this book lays to rest numerous folk-tales of child abduction risks and other horrors that occupy our cable television channels 24/7. A must-read for parents who truly want to help their kids grow up to be safe, self-reliant adults.
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