Raising Safe, Self-Reliant Children + Anxious Parenting in Uncertain Times
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Guest 1: Lenore Skenazy, author of Free Range Kids.
Topic: How to raise safe, self-reliant children.
Issues: The difference between safety and smothering; how to stop worrying about one-in-a-million dangers and start letting kids enjoy the adventures of childhood; “worldproofing” children so they can be safe even when we’re not right there next to them.
Guest 2: Margaret Nelson, author of Parenting out of Control.
Topic: Anxious parents in uncertain times.
Issues: Helicopter parents, hovercraft parents, and parents from hell; social networking sites and tech devices that parents use to communicate with, supervise, and spy on their children; why today’s prosperous and well-educated parents are unable to set realistic boundaries for their children; fundamental differences in American parenting styles.
