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Mentioned in 28 episodes

Free range kids

giving our children the freedom we had without going nuts with worry

Book • 2009

In the second edition of 'Free-Range Kids', Lenore Skenazy provides a compelling and entertaining look at how modern culture fosters excessive worry about children's safety.

Using real-world examples, advice, and humor, Skenazy argues that parents and educators can step back to allow children to develop independence.

The book includes strategies for rejecting media-driven fear, giving students more independence in schools, and navigating a culture filled with warnings and fears.

It also features 'real-world' free-range parent experiences, exercises for parents, and a critique of urban myths about safety risks.

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Angela Duckworth

Mentioned in 28 episodes

Mentioned by

Jonathan Haidt

as a book that influenced his parenting style.

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when discussing the importance of giving children more independence and free play.

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as a book about giving kids more independence and free play.

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in relation to the concept of supervision and its impact on children.

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as the author of 'Free Range Kids', a book promoting unsupervised play for children.

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Jonathan Haidt

as an author whose work advocates for giving children more independence and freedom.

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Jonathan Haidt

as a book on free-range parenting.

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Jonathan Haidt

as a book about raising independent children.

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Mentioned by

John Coogan

while discussing books on parenting.

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Mentioned by

Emily Oster

, discussing her experience letting her son ride the subway alone and the subsequent backlash.

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Mentioned by

Angela Duckworth

in relation to the concept of free-range parenting.

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Mentioned by

Ben Greenfield

when discussing his reading habits and how he shares books with his sons.

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Mentioned by

Jonathan Haidt

in relation to the Let Grow organization and its Play Club initiative.

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Mentioned by

Lenore Skenazy

as the book she wrote after the controversy of letting her son ride the subway alone.

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Mentioned by

Jonathan Haidt

as the author of 'Free Range Kids', discussing the importance of allowing children more independence and freedom.

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as a book that promotes a more independent approach to raising children.

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Mentioned by

Reid Hamilton

in the context of allowing children more freedom and independence.

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Mentioned by

Suzanne Venker

as a great counterbalance to the anxieties of modern parenting.

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Mentioned by

Jonathan Haidt

in relation to giving children more free-range childhoods and less screen time.

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