I don’t even know what to say – either we have become way to over protective or our society has become one of the most dangerous in the world and we aren’t careful enough.
“America’s Worst Mom”, Lenore Skenazy, has taken her parenting experiences, and those of other parents, collected on her web page, “Free-Range Kids” and turn them into a book.
For those of you who didn’t know about Lenore Skenazy, she is the mother of Izzy, who at the age of 9 was allowed by his parents to make is way home from a New York Bloomingdale’s. Izzy was given quarters, a subway map, transit tickets, and 20 dollars. He had to travel just a few miles, taking 1 subway for a total of 3 stops and 1 bus for a total of 6 stops. Skenazy who was very proud of her son wrote a news column about Izzy’s experience only to find herself and her family as the center of a media frenzy.
Becoming Dubbed the “America’s Worst Mom,” the Skenazy family has made no apologizes for their behavior but rather struck back with the web site and now a book teaching and helping other parents in their struggles to let children experience life freely.
Would you allow your 9-year old child to roam, parent-free, in the streets of New York? How do you feel about Mrs. Skenazy’s parenting? Let us know…
