When Lenore Skenazy speaks, parents listen. It all started back in 2008, when Skenazy wrote an audacious newspaper opinion piece about how she allowed her 9-year-old son to ride the New York subway alone. From then on, she was immediately dubbed “America’s worst mom.” And that label spurred the leader within her to start the…
Why Parents Should Let Go of the Notion That Children Need to Be Supervised 24/7: Parenting Expert Lenore Skenazy
Lenore Skenazy: How Overparenting Is Crippling the Next Generation
“If you’re not thinking about that worst-case scenario as a parent, you’re considered evil,” says Lenore Skenazy. “We have a society that has dedicated itself to making sure that children won’t have to deal with anything scary or bad.” Neurotic parenting is preventing children from developing emotionally and becoming independent, says Lenore Skenazy, founder of…
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