From my law blog:
I want to bring to your attention a book that I think is worth every parent buying and reading – if you love your children. You do, don’t you? Yes, I was raised by a Catholic mother . . . and am one now, so let me tell you about this book.Read more here.
Free-Range Kids – Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry is a book written by Lenore Skenazy. You might remember her. She was dubbed “America’s Worst Mom” when she allowed her then 9-year-old son to travel - by himself, without parent present - from Bloomingdale’s in New York City, by subway and bus, to his family’s apartment in another part of the city.
Does that horrify you?
3 comments:
My kids are / were free range kids, much as I was raised. My son has a friend who is almost 18 and his parents still go with him to the skate park.
This being the same parent who chastised me for having a birthday party for my son and allowing *gasp* girls to be there.
Poor thing is on such a short leash, that when he finally cuts loose from the parental units... he is going to explode!
" he is going to explode!"....Exactly what happened with my firsrt 2 Daughters. Their Mom was was Waaaay over protective. As soon as they were out, it was Ka Boom!!
They just Had to explore all of their darker curiosities.
My younger ones are given their freedom so long as they show responsibility.
Can't say enough how proud I am of them.....
Did you ever see the mid 50s movie the Littlest Fugitive? [Or perhaps "the little Fugitive."
I'd love to be able to find copies and send to liberal friends/acquaintences. So help me, one person Iknow was SERIOUS when he posed the question: "how do I ask friends/family NOT to give my kids toy guns."
He'd have a fricken heart attack in the 1st 5 minutes.
Scenario: 12 year old big brother much watch out for his 6 year old brother Joey, because mom has to go over to the Bronx to look after X relative: She leaves both kids in the afternoon, telling them she'll return THE NEXT DAY.
Then, naturally, big brother and big brother's friend are having fun plinking cans with a .22. Naturally, little Joey is a "pest" and wants to play too. Somehow the two older boys stage it to look like Joey has accidently shot his older brother when they give Joey a chance to play.
Joey runs off, afraid he really DID kill his older brother. OF course he runs off to Coney Island, and the rest of the movie is about big brother trying to find Joey.
Naturally, big brother finds Joey in nick of time and takes his butt home, just in time to change Joey's filthy shirt -- mom comes in :"well, how did it go? Anything happen?" "no mom, nuttin'"
Classic there's about 50gazillion PC rules thoroughly broken.
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