Comments on: Free-Range Kids

By: Neil Bennett

Neil Bennett — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 13:19:44 +0000

To L Skenazy
I saw your interview on the ABC the other day and thought GREAT. When I was a boy in school holidays my friends and I used to explore our area.We would get together early and get home before dark.As long as we came home in one piece and no broken bones we were allowed out the next day.At the time even when you were a kid everybody in your community sort of knew everybody else.As I was told years later that the area I lived in was one of the most crime ridden and violet areas.But I had Some of my best childhood memories exploring the area with my mates

By: Abby Sunderland’s Parents: Irresponsible or Enlightened?

Abby Sunderland’s Parents: Irresponsible or Enlightened? — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:57:51 +0000

[...] old enough to crave adventure and be permitted to do it. I agree with the father that kids are overprotected these days. Abby’s parents gave her their full support and, from what I can tell, sailing [...]

By: Family Quirkiness

Family Quirkiness — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:18:26 +0000

[...] It seemed that every other family was a young couple with kids my age. I spent lots of time playing around the neighborhood and in my friends’ homes. It was the sort of neighborhood where, when it was dinnertime, [...]

By: Unnecessary Baby Products – Part 2

Unnecessary Baby Products – Part 2 — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:16:01 +0000

[...] earned cash. Marketers have a vested interest in keeping consumers dependent. They do it by promoting paranoia. Shopping cart protectors so our kids don’t die of SIDS, cart covers so our kids don’t die [...]

By: Unnecessary Baby Products

Unnecessary Baby Products — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:32:34 +0000

[...] believe, through some pretty intense marketing efforts, that newborns need to have a wide array of safety, fun, entertainment, and dietary products, and that if we don’t provide for them these [...]

By: Let My People Go

Let My People Go — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:33:43 +0000

[...] are labeled hyperactive and are prescribed drugs. Kids, especially boys, need free time, sports, space to roam and yes, dangerous looking toys that stimulate their aggressive tendencies. Without an outlet [...]

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:06:49 +0000

Quite right you are. Kids are much more resilient than we adults are. They can cope with more than we give them credit for. The sooner they can learn to think quickly and adapt to their environment the better off they will be. Thanks for the visit, guys!

By: K Rispin

K Rispin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:42:42 +0000

I quite Lenore Skenazy and her take of raising children. I have travelled the world and seen all sorts of parenting but it seems that those in the third or developing world have it right, or perhaps I don't see things quite right. Children are rather indestructible and coupled with an innate sense of what will damage them as long as we don't smother them in the first 10 years of life. If we do that they have a better chance of surviving the teens. .-= K Rispin´s last blog ..Teaching Your Child Commitment – Part II =-.

By: Let Them Play! | Parenting blog, Caring for Kids | Keith Wilcox

Let Them Play! | Parenting blog, Caring for Kids | Keith Wilcox — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:17:54 +0000

[...] talked before about kids having free play. In that article I did not emphasize the importance of having a diverse group of kids to play [...]

By: Denise Mollison

Denise Mollison — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:22:14 +0000

But..but…but..my kids look GOOD in bubble wrap!

By: WaveSurfer

WaveSurfer — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:23:50 +0000

You are right about us parents becoming more overprotective of our kids nowadays. Probably it’s because we are having one or lesser children (at least for our case in Singapore), thus making them more valuable to the parents.

I’m not sure if I will allow them to travel to places a few blocks away when they are 5 or 6 years old, especially when traffic is involved. I always have this worry if they will be knocked down by vehicles, especially by bicycles, since we are seeing increasing number of reckless cyclists here.

The supermarket method sounds great though; I’ll be sure to try that out when our son is older. Indeed a very good way to build up their confidence and independence. ^^