Making a Case for Free-Range Childhood

Posted on AllSides March 22nd, 2019
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snowplow parenting, free range parenting

Helicopter and now “snowplow” parenting. Enough. Here’s a case for free-range childhood.

The New York Times informs us that the “helicopter parent” — the hovering, nervous ball of anxiety — is out. Constant surveillance of children is not enough. Now we have “snowplow parents,” who rush ahead of their children and clear out all obstacles in their paths. It’s an article of the “How We Live Now” genre that exists so that New York Times readers can deplore each other and themselves. And I certainly enjoyed hating its subjects, and...

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