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'''Lenore Skenazy''' is an American blogger, columnist, author, and | '''Lenore Skenazy''' is an American blogger, columnist, author, and reality show host "who has turned her attention to reforming [[sex offender]] laws. <ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/03/31/a-brunch-with-sex-offenders/</ref>. A mother who lives in Queens with her husband and two sons, her controversial decision to let her then-9-year-old son take the New York City Subway home alone became a national story and prompted massive media attention. She was dubbed, "America's Worst Mom." In response, Skenazy founded the book, blog, and movement [[Free-range kids|"Free-Range Kids,"]] with the aim of "fighting the belief that our children are in constant danger from creeps, kidnapping, germs, grades, flashers, frustration, failure, baby snatchers, bugs, bullies, men, sleepovers and/or the perils of a non-organic grape. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Free-range parenting]] | * [[Free-range parenting]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 20:33, 1 March 2016
Lenore Skenazy is an American blogger, columnist, author, and reality show host "who has turned her attention to reforming sex offender laws. [1]. A mother who lives in Queens with her husband and two sons, her controversial decision to let her then-9-year-old son take the New York City Subway home alone became a national story and prompted massive media attention. She was dubbed, "America's Worst Mom." In response, Skenazy founded the book, blog, and movement "Free-Range Kids," with the aim of "fighting the belief that our children are in constant danger from creeps, kidnapping, germs, grades, flashers, frustration, failure, baby snatchers, bugs, bullies, men, sleepovers and/or the perils of a non-organic grape.
