Lenore Skenazy

Lenore Skenazy is founder of the book and blog Free-Range Kids, and president of the nonprofit Let Grow.

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Bureaucrats Consider Shutting Down Informal Play School for 2-Year-Olds Because It's Too Safe

Lenore Skenazy
November 12, 2018
Police Solved the Case of the 5-Year-Old with Meth Poisoning, and No, It Wasn't the Halloween Candy

Lenore Skenazy
November 6, 2018
5-Year-Old Has Meth Poisoning After Trick-or-Treating. It Probably Wasn't the Halloween Candy.

Lenore Skenazy
October 31, 2018
Patch Publishes Completely Unnecessary Sex Offender Maps to Keep Kids Safe on Halloween

Lenore Skenazy
October 15, 2018
Fearmongering Article Falsely Claims 'Halloween Is Christmas for Sex Offenders'

Lenore Skenazy
October 9, 2018
13-Year-Olds Who Trick or Treat in Chesapeake, Virginia, Face Fines, Possible Jail Time

Lenore Skenazy
October 8, 2018
Daycare Center Tells Parents to Provide Helmets for the Kids

Lenore Skenazy
September 25, 2018
Mom Regains Custody of 10-Month-Old Son Who Was Taken By CPS Because She Left the Hospital Too Quickly

Lenore Skenazy
September 24, 2018
Man Wrongfully Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison Goes Free After Dog He Supposedly Killed Is Found Alive and Well

Lenore Skenazy
September 12, 2018
Wiz Khalifa Criticized for Letting 5-Year-Old Son Ride the School Bus

Lenore Skenazy
September 4, 2018
We Don't Need Soccer Moms—or Dads, or Coaches

Lenore Skenazy
October 2018
School Accidentally Lets 5-Year-Old Boy Walk Home. Nothing Happened, but Mom Is Furious.

Lenore Skenazy
August 31, 2018
Stranger-Danger Panic Is Getting People Killed

Lenore Skenazy
August 23, 2018
8-Year-Old Girl Walks Dog Around Block, Police and Child Services Investigate Mom

Lenore Skenazy
August 22, 2018
Activist Shaun King Says CPS Came to Take His Kids After Someone Filed a False, Anonymous Complaint

Lenore Skenazy
August 3, 2018
Good Morning America Shouldn't Encourage Parents to Worry All the Time

Lenore Skenazy
August 2, 2018
Sex Offender Status Prevents Dad from Seeing His 14-Year-Old Son

Lenore Skenazy
July 30, 2018
How the Free-Range Kids Movement Can Save Parenthood

Lenore Skenazy
July 30, 2018
Preschoolers Told Not to Play on Preschool's Playground Equipment

Lenore Skenazy
July 16, 2018
National Zoo Will Implement Annoying, Unnecessary Security Measures

Lenore Skenazy
July 7, 2018
Police Investigate 20 Kids for Sexting, Charge No One (Thankfully)

Lenore Skenazy
June 26, 2018
13-Year-Old Charged with Felony for Recording Conversation with School Principal

Lenore Skenazy
June 22, 2018
5 Times Child Protective Services Separated Kids from Parents for No Good Reason

Lenore Skenazy
June 21, 2018
Mom Brings Coughing 10-Month-Old to the Hospital. Days Later, Cops Take the Baby.

Lenore Skenazy
June 18, 2018
Local News Uncritically Publicizes Mother's Kidnapping Freakout

Lenore Skenazy
June 13, 2018
What's Cool About Summer

Lenore Skenazy
July 2018
Cops Question Family for Cooking Mushrooms

Lenore Skenazy
June 1, 2018
Virginia Cops Fine Driver $100 for Smoking in Car With a Child Present

Lenore Skenazy
May 21, 2018
Despite the Recent News, Bounce Houses Are Very Safe—If Set Up Properly

Lenore Skenazy
May 15, 2018
Penn State's 98-Year-Old Outing Club Is No Longer Allowed to Go Outside

Lenore Skenazy
April 22, 2018
Here's Why Utah's New Free-Range Kids Law Will Help Parents of Color

Lenore Skenazy
April 13, 2018
There Are Too Many Kids on the Sex Offender Registry

Lenore Skenazy
May 2018
Father on Sex Offender Registry Escorted Out of Hospital While Trying to Visit Severely Ill Son

Lenore Skenazy
April 4, 2018
How the Free-Range Kids Movement Is Helping Parents Embrace Their Libertarian Side

Lenore Skenazy
April 1, 2018
Freedom-Loving Parents, Rejoice: Utah Approves Free-Range Kids Bill

Lenore Skenazy
March 20, 2018
Legislator Wants to Fine Parents of Bullies $750, Make Them Take Classes

Lenore Skenazy
March 19, 2018
Dad Made 10-Year-Old Son Run in the Rain to Teach Him a Lesson

Lenore Skenazy
March 8, 2018
Motherisk Hair-Testing Program Was Junk Science, and Ontario Wrongly Separated Families Because of It

Lenore Skenazy
March 5, 2018
School Forbids Students from Touching Snow

Lenore Skenazy
February 28, 2018
Achtung Baby: When It Comes to Parenting 4-Year-Olds, Germany Is More Laid Back Than America

Lenore Skenazy
February 19, 2018
When School Kids Lose Their Recess Time

Lenore Skenazy
March 2018
Cops Called on Parents Whose Autistic 5-Year-Old Son's Hair Was Too Messy

Lenore Skenazy
February 12, 2018
22-Year-Old Woman Facing Sexual Assault Charges for Relationship with 18-Year-Old Male Student

Lenore Skenazy
February 8, 2018
Tom Brady Kissed His Son on the Mouth, And That's None of Your Business

Lenore Skenazy
February 2, 2018
Utah's Free-Range Kids Bill Would Give Kids More Freedom

Lenore Skenazy
January 24, 2018
No, Schools Shouldn't Prohibit Kids From Having Best Friends

Lenore Skenazy
January 17, 2018
Utah May Legalize Free-Range Parenting

Lenore Skenazy
January 8, 2018
The 10 Worst Helicopter Parenting Moments of 2017

Lenore Skenazy
January 1, 2018
The Dangerous Toys of Christmas: Debunked!

Lenore Skenazy, Paul Detrick & Alexis Garcia
December 22, 2017
The Dangerous Toys of Christmas Past

Lenore Skenazy
January 2018