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INDEPENDENCE VS NEGLECT
KIDS CAN’T PLAY BY THEMSELVES?
OR BIG BROTHER SUITS WILL SHOW UP?
FREE RANGE PARENTING GUEST: Richard Greenberg, author of the book Raising Children That Other People Like to Be Around.
“Parents have made news recently after being detained for purposefully leaving children on their own, prompting renewed debate about so-called “free-range parenting.”
That includes Danielle and Alexander Meitiv, a Silver Spring, Md., couple who are being investigated after they let their children, ages 10 and 6, walk home from a park last month by themselves.
Moms and dads who practice this parenting style say it promotes independent, even fearless kids. But what is considered free-range by some can look like neglect to others. As for what’s against the law, child welfare experts say there’s no easy answer.”
READ: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/02/18/384050825/kids-solo-playtime-unleashes-free-range-parenting-debate
ARE ‘FREE RANGE’ KIDS MORE HEALTHY?
“Your kid is exactly as likely to be struck by lightning as he or she is to be randomly abducted. So why are we permanently branding parents as neglectful or abusive for letting their kids go to the park by themselves?
A couple in Maryland, both scientists with advanced degrees, are under investigation because they allowed their children to play in a local park unsupervised. Danielle and Alexander Meitiv are practitioners of “free-range” parenting, the philosophical opposite of “helicopter” parenting, so their children (aged 10 and 6) have the freedom to walk together around the local neighborhood without their parents.
By practicing free-range parenting the Meitivs have fallen under the scrutiny of Child Protective Services, whose influence can linger over a home for years and years for now-illegal activities like leaving a child alone in a car or house—even for a few minutes, depending on the state.”
READ: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/15/free-range-kids-are-healthier.html
BIO: Greenberg is a father of four, blogger, and the author of Raising Children That Other People Like to Be Around. A native of Los Angeles, California, Richard graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor’s degree in English in 1976. Shortly thereafter, he married his childhood sweetheart JoAnn, and they continue to happily parent their four children. After more than 30 years working in the entertainment industry (as a post-production executive, editor and writer/producer), Raising Children that Other People Like to Be Around is his first book.
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