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#011 - Lenore Skenazy on The Importance of Childhood Independence
Manage episode 373074139 series 3499027
Lenore Skenazy is the author of the Free Range Kids book and blog, and president of Let Grow — all of which focus on promoting childhood independence. We talk about how society and parents fears are disconnected from statistics, the importance of agency, the connection to current university culture, how let grow is helping, and more.
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(00:33) Lenore's background (02:17) Free Range Kids and Let Grow (12:02) The root causes of social & parental fear re: children's independence (20:50) How to mitigate fear & change parental behavior (21:26) The statistics (33:25) The importance of agency (38:36) Peter Gray's research & the impact of independence later in life (46:12) The two major Let Grow projects (50:22) Independence online (52:06) Lenore’s question for listeners
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Lenore’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/FreeRangeKids
Free Range Kids blog: https://www.freerangekids.com/
Free Range Kids book: https://www.amazon.com/Free-Range-Kids-Parents-Teachers-Grow/dp/1119782147
Let Grow: https://letgrow.org/
Spencer’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/sp1ns1r
Spencer’s blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com
57 episodes
Manage episode 373074139 series 3499027
Lenore Skenazy is the author of the Free Range Kids book and blog, and president of Let Grow — all of which focus on promoting childhood independence. We talk about how society and parents fears are disconnected from statistics, the importance of agency, the connection to current university culture, how let grow is helping, and more.
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(00:33) Lenore's background (02:17) Free Range Kids and Let Grow (12:02) The root causes of social & parental fear re: children's independence (20:50) How to mitigate fear & change parental behavior (21:26) The statistics (33:25) The importance of agency (38:36) Peter Gray's research & the impact of independence later in life (46:12) The two major Let Grow projects (50:22) Independence online (52:06) Lenore’s question for listeners
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Lenore’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/FreeRangeKids
Free Range Kids blog: https://www.freerangekids.com/
Free Range Kids book: https://www.amazon.com/Free-Range-Kids-Parents-Teachers-Grow/dp/1119782147
Let Grow: https://letgrow.org/
Spencer’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/sp1ns1r
Spencer’s blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com
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