Heaven Sent and Bent: Lenore Skenazy

Lenore shares her tips about how to raise your child to be safe and self-reliant, without you going crazy with worry. We will also hear from Rene\'s parents who also subscribe to the belief that children need to be able to roam free.

Lenore Skenazy

Lenore Skenazy is “America’s Worst Mom.” (Google it!) The New York City newspaper columnist-turned-reality-TV show host got that title after letting her 9-year-old son take the subway, alone. In response to the media blowback, she founded the book and blog, Free-Range Kids, launching the anti-helicopter parenting movement. Her feisty belief that our kids are safer and smarter than our culture gives them credit for has landed her on talk shows from Dr. Phil to The View. She lectures internationally (book her!) and has written for everyone from The Washington Post to Mad Magazine. Yep. The Mad Magazine. On the Discovery Life show World’s Worst Mom she helps overprotective parents loosen the reins. She lives in New York City with her husband and two sons, who are half Free-Range, half Facebook addicts. Then again, so is she. One thing she understands: None of us is a perfect parent -- and that’s okay.

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