Free-Range Kids: How Parents and Teachers Can Let Go and Let Grow

ISBN-13: 9781119782148 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 304 str.

Lenore Skenazy

Recenzje

"Lenore and I bonded over crows and kids. This book is only about one of those, but it's still great. Hopefully she'll get around to a book on crows someday."--Dax Shepard, host, Armchair Expert"A bubbly but potent corrective for the irrational fears that drive so many parents crazy."--Dr. Robert Needlman, co-author, Dr Spock's Baby and Child Care, 9th Edition"This book transformed the way I think about childhood, parenthood, freedom, and fear."--Kim Brooks, author, Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear"eirdly, I love this book! To begin with, it's laugh-out-loud funny. Plus, Lenore and I share a big belief: Kids can do so much more than our fearful culture thinks they can."--Amy Chua, Yale Law Professor, author, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and Political Tribes"Free-Range Kids is the best kind of manifesto: smart, funny, rigorous, sane, impassioned, and bristling with common sense. If you'e a parent, or planning to become one, read this book. You have nothing to lose-apart from your anxiety."--Carl Honoré, author, In Praise of Slowness and 30 Days to Slow"It still amazes me it took an activist like Skenazy to decriminalize activities I took for granted as a kid. I felt lucky to discover Skenazy while my kids were still young. I hope subsequent generations will benefit from her work."--Bethany Ball, author, What to Do About the Solomons and The Pessimists"Free-Range Kids makes the perfect baby shower gift."--Nancy McDermott, author, The Problem with Parenting"Moral insight without moralizing--how rare is that?"--Amity Shlaes, author, The Forgotten Man"Lenore Skenazy is a national hero."--Mary Roach, author, Fuzz, Stiff, and Bonk"Read this book--Mommy said you could."--Penn Jillette, Penn & Teller

Spis treści

Foreword xiIntroduction to the Introduction xvThe Actual Introduction Already xvii1 Know When to Worry 1Play Dates and Axe Murderers: How to Tell The Difference2 Turn off the News 11Go Easy On The Law and Order, Too3 Avoid Experts 23Who Knew You Were Doing Everything Wrong? . . . .Them!4 Boycott Baby Knee Pads 35And the Rest of the Kiddie Safety-Industrial Complex5 Don't Think Like a Lawyer 47Some Risks Are Worth It6 Ignore the Blamers 57They Don't Know Your Kid Like You Do7 Eat Chocolate 69Give Halloween Back to the Trick-or-Treaters8 Study History 81Your Ten-Year-Old Would Have Been Forging Horseshoes(or at Least Delivering Papers)9 Be Worldly 95Why Other Countries Are Laughing at Zee Scaredy-CatAmericans10 Get Braver 107Quit Trying to Control Everything. It Doesn't WorkAnyway.11 Relax 121Not Every Little Thing You Do Has That Much ImpactOn Your Child's Development12 Fail! 133Easy! Educational! Fun!13 Lock Them Out 145Make Them Play--Or Else!14 Listen to Your Kids 157They Don't Want to Be Treated Like Babies(Unless They Are Still Crawling, Etc.)15 Take the Long View 167Wasting Time Is Not a Waste Of Time16 Trust Strangers 179Even the Folks Who Put the Faces on the Milk CartonsAren't Too Worried17 De-Fang Anxiety 191Independence Is the New Prozac18 Embrace (Some) Tech 207We All Scream for iScreensCalling All Educators 223Conclusion 243Acknowledgments 249Sources 251About the Author 263Resources and Connecting 265The Free-Range Kids Card 267Index 269

O autorze

LENORE SKENAZY: After her column "Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone" created a media firestorm, Lenore got labeled "America's Worst Mom." Nice. She turned around and started the Free-Range Kids movement, lecturing around the world and hosting the reality show, World's Worst Mom. Now she's President of Let Grow, the nonprofit promoting childhood independence.