Book · 2009 · Parent and child
Free-Range Kids
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They bring up Free Range Kids, which is a great uh it's a um well, she's got a Lenor Skynazy.
The best things said about it
We live here in New York City, in Greenwich Village, because we're friends with Lenore Skenazy, who wrote this fantastic book, Free-Range Kids.
Jonathan Haidt The Tim Ferriss Show · Dec 2022 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Free-Range Kids by Lenore Skenazy is a provocative parenting guide that advocates for granting children greater autonomy, independent exploration, and unstructured free play to foster resilience and maturity. The book has received high praise from prominent public figures across multiple podcasts. Jonathan Haidt strongly recommended the work on several programs, including The Joe Rogan Experience in March 2024, The Tim Ferriss Show in December 2022, the Lex Fridman Podcast in June 2022, and The Megyn Kelly Show in May 2022. Haidt praised Skenazy's brilliant insights and highlighted their collaborative efforts in co-founding the Let Grow organization, which provides parents with practical resources to encourage childhood independence and combat overprotection. Hannah Claire Brimlow also cited the book on Timcast IRL in September 2026 during a conversation concerning children exploring their neighborhoods independently. Across these appearances, supporters of Skenazy's philosophy emphasize that excessive supervision harms children's psychological development, championing the book's core message as a vital antidote to a culture of fear and parental overprotectiveness in contemporary society.
Every mention
Jonathan Haidt We live here in New York City, in Greenwich Village, because we're friends with Lenore Skenazy, who wrote t… 4
“I'm a big fan of Lenore Skenazy, the woman who wrote 'Free-Range Kids.' She and I co-founded an organization called Let Grow; parents, please go to letgrow.org for all kinds of ideas on how to help your kid have more independence, which makes them more mature and less fragile.”
“We live here in New York City, in Greenwich Village, because we're friends with Lenore Skenazy, who wrote this fantastic book, Free-Range Kids.”
“i'm a big fan of leonardo skinnezy who wrote the book free range kids”
“It's an organization that I co-founded with Lenore Skenazy, a wonderful woman who wrote this brilliant book Free-Range Kids that how to give your kids a childhood where they'll develop autonomy”
Hannah Claire Brimlow They bring up Free Range Kids, which is a great uh it's a um well, she's got a Lenor Skynazy. 1
“They bring up Free Range Kids, which is a great uh it's a um well, she's got a Lenor Skynazy.”
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“That weekend she started a Blog called free range kids and later wrote a book of the same name”
“That weekend, she started a blog called Free-Range Kids and later wrote a book of the same name.”