Summary: <a href="https://letgrow.org/board-of-directors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a>When <a href="https://letgrow.org/board-of-directors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lenore Skenazy</a> wrote about letting her then nine-year-old son ride the subway alone in New York City, she never imagined the uproar it would cause. But she didn’t let the cries of “bad mother” deter her from her mission of allowing her two sons to explore and flourish and build the life skills needed to navigate their world – to raise free range kids.<br> <br> <br> <br> Now, through her writing, speaking and working creatively with schools and communities, Lenore is leading a movement to back off from helicopter parenting and <a href="https://letgrow.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Let Grow</a>, as she named the nonprofit she and colleagues created. Tune into her lively discussion with Marti & Erin and then reflect on how you can let the children in your life be free range kids!<br> <br> <br> <br> In what ways did you roam freely in your childhood? How are things the same or different for your children, and why? What do you think are the risks of protecting and directing kids so strongly in childhood and adolescence?<br> <br> <br> <br> Related resources:<br> <br> <a href="https://letgrow.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Let Grow</a><br> <br> Let Grow <a href="https://letgrow.org/blog/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blog</a><br> <br> Let Grow <a href="https://letgrow.org/schools/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">schools</a><br> <br> Free-Range Kids <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Free-Range-Raise-Self-Reliant-Children-Without/dp/0470574755/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&tag=derivstratmag-20&qid=1342367313" target="_blank" rel="noopener">book</a><br> <br> <a href="https://www.nysun.com/opinion/why-i-let-my-9-year-old-ride-subway-alone/73976/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone</a> article by Lenore Skenazy<br> <br> <a href="http://momenough.com/2018/09/pretend-play" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Unleashing the Instinct to Play</a> featuring Peter Gray<br> <br> <a href="http://momenough.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Developing-Independence.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Supporting Your Child’s Gradual Development of Healthy Independence</a> by Marti Erickson
