About this episode
Episode Highlights With Lenore How she initially rose to fame by letting her child ride the subway alone and how she got the title “America’s worst mom” because of it The way we got to a point where we're afraid to let our kids do things that many of us remember doing Crime is lower now than when we were kids so why are we more worried? Two big things that happened in the 1980s that shifted parenting in the US Big factors that have influenced why we have more fear around parenting now Why we all have the desire to keep our kids safe but the downsides of an over curated childhood The negative effects of over curated childhood for children Why more kids are having depression and anxiety and how kids feeling underestimated can contribute to this How too much control is harming children and why kids need an internal locus of control Independence, responsibility, and trust all help contribute to this internal locus of control for kids What the Let Grow Project is and the free resources they have How to rewire your own fears as a parent to feel safe in letting our kids have more independence Resources We Mention Free-Range Kids: How Parents and Teachers Can Let Go and Let Grow by Lenore Skenazy Let Grow Website Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Free to Learn by Peter Gray The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein