Mar 25, 2015
Remember our group chat from early in February
where we asked, "How Free Should We Be to Let Our Kids Be Free"?
(It was
Episode 55, if you want to go back and
listen and refresh your memory.) Terri, Catherine,
Amanda, and Nicole were somewhat taken aback by a
free-range-war-inciting article on the topic in Slate and
wondered whether the parents could have handled this a different
way. Our friend Kathy Ceceri, who writes about homeschooling
on the All About
Homeschooling Facebook page and
her site Crafts
for Learning, listened in and had some different opinions,
so we thought we'd take some Round 3 time for a responsible
opposing viewpoint. We talked about how parents can
broaden the standards of their community, be leaders rather
than reactors, and engage in civil disobedience in a way that
upholds our values but doesn't cause trauma to our kids. For
some additional thoughts on the subject, Kathy recommends a
recent New York Times article that makes
"The Case for Free-Range Parenting."
Where do you stand on free-range parenting? Add your opinion in the comments. And if you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, please come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.