Buzz, Buzz: Free Range Kids
Jun 18th, 2009 by Maria
The latest book parents I know are buzzing about….
A little over a year ago newspaper columnist Lenore Skenazy got a lot of praise and censure after writing about her decision to let her 10 year old son take the subway home alone (read the original column here).
I was quite pleased to see the column when it first ran (or, you know, when it first ran, and then got forwarded around on email until it landed in my inbox), since I spend an inordinate amount of time idly wondering when the kids will be old enough to walk to grocery store (which we can see from our front door - admittedly across a busy street - but there are crosswalks and stoplights that function quite nicely!) when we run out of something. Happily, she’s now written a book, and has put up a blog, which is an entertaining catalog of all kinds of overprotective parenting and in loco parentis news stories.
Listen to Skenazy on Here and Now with Robin Young here.
I love her blog - it’s one of my favorite destinations on the web!
Mine too, now that i’ve found it! I enjoyed that Holly Richardson article today.