#19 Parents Going Nuts With Worry. Lenore Skenazy: How Do We Fix It?

Do helicopter parents need to come in for a landing? Lenore Skenazy, host of the cable TV show, "World's Worst Mom", says yes. The founder of the parenting movement Free Range Kids is Jim and Richard's expert guest. Skenazy argues society fills parents with fear about what might happen to their children. www.freerangekids.com

In this episode, Jim and Richard re-visit their entertaining and provocative conversation with Lenore Skenazy, host of the cable TV show,  "World's Worst Mom" and founder of Free Range Kids. The movement was sparked by the huge response to Lenore's article about allowing her 9 year-old son to ride the subway alone in New York City.  She tells us that if you always protect your children from every possible danger they never get a chance to grow up.