Free Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had without Going Nuts with Worry - Hardcover

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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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Praise for Free-Range Kids

"Lenore Skenazy is a national hero."
Mary Roach, author, Bonk and Stiff

"This book is a bubbly but potent corrective for the irrational fears that drive so many parents crazy. Skenazy is witty, perceptive, persuasive, and above all, sensible."
Robert Needlman, M.D., coauthor, Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, 8th Edition

"Free-Range Kids is the best kind of manifesto: smart, funny, rigorous, sane, impassioned, and bristling with common sense. If you're a parent, or planning to become one, read this book. You have nothing to lose apart from your anxiety."
Carl Honoré, author, In Praise of Slowness and Under Pressure

"Even scaredy-cat parents like myself now have a how-to manual on overcomingirrational suspicions and, finally, differentiating between an axe murderer anda play date!"
David Harsanyi, syndicated columnist and author, Nanny State

"Free-Range Kids makes the perfect baby shower gift."
Nancy McDermott, parenting blogger, Spiked Online

"Moral insight without moralizing how rare is that?"
Amity Shlaes, author, The Forgotten Man

"Keep Free-Range Kids on your bedstand next to your Bible and the TV remote, and refer to as needed during the 11 o'clock news."
Jordan Lite, news reporter, Scientific American Online

"Read this book Mommy said you could."
Penn Jillette, Penn & Teller

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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.