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Ep 76 | What School Is For, Nation’s Report Card, Free Range Parenting

Lost Debate

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Let's Go by Yourself

Lenore Skinnyzy went viral in 2008 when she wrote an op-ed about letting her nine-year-old ride the subway alone. She started the free range kids movement and has since started the Let Grow organization that educates parents and schools about child autonomy. The core tenants of her philosophy are kids can do things themselves. Free play is fundamental. Learn a resilient by nature and letting go as a parent is an act of bravery.

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