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After Lenore Skenazy wrote in her New York Times column about letting her nine-year-old son ride the New York subway alone, she found herself fiercely defending her parenting choices.
“That’s what it took for me to learn just what a hot-button this is, this issue of whether good parents ever let their kids out of their sight,” said the columnist on her website Free Range Kids.
"We all love our kids, but I fear we’re robbing them of the experiences that make them capable, confident adults." https://t.co/g3ugAQGqQc
— Lenore Skenazy (@FreeRangeKids) January 8, 2017
Dubbed America's worst mom, Skenazy is visiting Kelowna, Salmon Arm and Kamloops this month to talk about 'free range' parenting.
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