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Author Urges Parents To Quit Hovering

by Tom Henderson, Posted Sep 29th 2009 7:00AM

Columnist Lenore Skenazy wrote about allowing her son Izzy to travel on the New York City Subway by himself at the age of 9, and got labeled "America's worst mom." She started the Free-Range Kids movement to silence her objectors. Credit: Joe ...
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Tori Spelling Potty Trains, Free Range Kids, and the Drinking Age - Links We Love

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Feb 18th 2009 8:00AM

Even celebrity moms can't escape the potty chair. Tori Spelling shares her top five potting training tips. -- LilSugar Remember the NY mom who let her 9-year-old subway alone? Now you can learn how to raise your own "free range" kid with a new ...
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Helicopter parents vs. free range kids

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Apr 27th 2008 4:00PM

When I was 11, I had a summer job. Five days a week, I rode my 10-speed two miles into town and babysat three kids. The oldest was 10, furious that her babysitter was only a year older than her. The youngest was only one. I can't even imagine leaving ...
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