Lenore Skenazy

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

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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
Young Man Arrested for Consensual Underage Sex, Then Rearrested for Sharing Pizza with 17-Year-Old, Now Headed to Court

Lenore Skenazy
December 5, 2017
Fearing 'Terrorism,' Middle School Cancels D.C. Trip

Lenore Skenazy
November 20, 2017
Halloween (and Everything Else) Is Too Scary for the Fragile Generation

Lenore Skenazy
October 26, 2017
The Fragile Generation

Lenore Skenazy & Jonathan Haidt
December 2017
Ye Olde Ikea Sex Traffickers

Lenore Skenazy
November 2017
Mom Jokes '3-Year-Old For Sale, $12 or Best Offer,' Is Investigated for Child Slavery

Lenore Skenazy
October 18, 2017
Young Man Arrested for Underage Sex Was Re-Arrested for Sharing a Pizza with a 17-Year-Old

Lenore Skenazy
October 15, 2017
Halloween Parade Will No Longer Toss Candy to Children Because What If Someone Gets Hurt?

Lenore Skenazy
October 9, 2017
Man Falls Off Historic Swing at Yale. Yale Removes It for 'Evaluation.'

Lenore Skenazy
October 5, 2017
Mom's Run-In with Alleged Sex Traffickers Goes Viral. But Nothing Happened.

Lenore Skenazy
September 27, 2017
Canadian School Bans Cartwheeling, Because We Can't Be Too Careful

Lenore Skenazy
September 20, 2017
Trump Let a Kid Mow the White House Lawn. Idiot Asks: What About Child Labor Laws?

Lenore Skenazy
September 18, 2017
'A Society Where Children Can Go Outside, Unsupervised, Is a Healthy and Safe Society'

Lenore Skenazy
September 12, 2017
Dad Teaches Kids to Ride the Bus. But CPS Says He Can Never Leave Them Alone, Ever.

Lenore Skenazy
September 6, 2017
Florida Legislator Wants to Make It a Crime to Leave Your Kid in the Car for Just One Minute

Lenore Skenazy
September 5, 2017
Why Child Protective Services Should Stop Blaming Parents First

Lenore Skenazy
August 29, 2017
Court Upholds Dad's Conviction for Making 8-Year-Old Son Walk Home Alone

Lenore Skenazy
August 14, 2017
San Francisco Bureaucrats Ban Sand at Playgrounds

Lenore Skenazy
August 2, 2017
Want to Treat Your Kid Like a Felon on Parole? There's an App for That.

Lenore Skenazy
August/September 2017
Jilted Dentist Calls CPS on Mom

Lenore Skenazy
July 19, 2017
Mother Arrested for Letting 10-Year-Old Shop Alone at Lego Store

Lenore Skenazy
July 5, 2017
Dad Beats the Crap Out of Good Samaritan Who Was Trying to Help His Lost Kid

Lenore Skenazy
June 29, 2017
Gust of Wind Traps Baby Inside Locked Car. Mom Calls 911 for Help. Mom Gets Ticketed by Police.

Lenore Skenazy
June 19, 2017
This 'Free-Range Mom' Is Running for Local Office

Lenore Skenazy
June 7, 2017
Child Molesters Face Shorter Sentences Than Child Porn Viewers. That's Wrong.

Lenore Skenazy
June 2, 2017
State Senator Wants to Stop Incarcerated Sex Offenders from Seeing Pictures of Children

Lenore Skenazy
May 25, 2017
We All Scream for the Ice Cream Man's Head

Lenore Skenazy
June 2017
Advice Columnist Tells Mom to Imagine Perverts in Men's Restroom

Lenore Skenazy
May 8, 2017
Cops Force School into Lockdown Mode Because of a Scary Photo

Lenore Skenazy
May 1, 2017
Dad and Daughter Hauled Off Plane Because Passenger Assumed He Was Sex Trafficking Her

Lenore Skenazy
April 19, 2017