Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Free-Range Kids vs. Deranged Adults
As children, many of us roamed far and wide on foot or riding our bicycles.
Obviously, times have changed, leading to conflicts about child raising and supervision...
At Townhall.com, Paul Jacob began his posted article with this:
"I have daughters. And neighbors, nephews, nieces, cousins, friends with children. And friends who used to be children. Some who maybe still are. But when the command to 'think of the children' is screamed aloud by freaked-out paranoiacs demanding more laws, more punishments, more prison time, more surveillance — and consequently less freedom — I try to remain calm and think responsibly. As did one Corey Widen, when she 'let her 8-year-old do the most normal, cheerful thing in the world — walk the dog around the block.' Lenore Skenazy tells the tale in Reason. 'After the girl returned home, the doorbell rang. It was the police.'"
