Product Description : Free-Range Kids FREE RANGE KIDS has become a national movement sparked by the incredible response to Lenore Skenazys piece about allowing her 9yearold ride the subway alone in NYC Parent groups argued about it bloggers blogged spouses became uncivil with each other and the media jumped all over it A lot of parents today Skenazy says see no difference between letting their kids walk to school and letting them walk through a firing range Any risk is seen as too much risk But if you try to prevent every possible danger or difficult in your childs everyday life that child never gets a chance to grow up We parents have to realize that the greatest risk of all just might be trying to raise a child who never encounters choice or independence