On today’s show Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy opened with Lenore Skenazy, sometimes called America’s Worst Mom because she had the nerve to let her 9 year old ride the subway in NY alone. And if having a kid riding a subway alone 
wasn’t enough she has even tried to get kids to play on playgrounds without their parents around. Can you imagine that? Lenore has written the book Free Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts With Worry) which talks about giving your kid a little more freedom to play and explore outside on their own. Lenore’s book is a common sense guide to parenting in these uncommonly overprotective times. She says we have forgotten what kids are capable of, and don’t realize that the crime rate is down from when most parents were kids. She is on a mission to get kids outside – exploring and entertaining themselves in a safe manner. This is a must have book for today’s over protective parents – check it out at www.freerangekids.com
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