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It was mentioned in relation to the 'free-range parenting' concept, which advocates for giving children more independence, as exemplified by the Macy's subway trip story that was also written about in a newspaper column.
I do kind of wonder whether we're like bubble wrapping our kids.
— Episode: 178. Do Kids Need More Independence?
Episode: 178. Do Kids Need More Independence?
It was mentioned in relation to the 'free-range parenting' concept, which advocates for giving children more independence, as exemplified by the Macy's subway trip story that was also written about in a newspaper column.
I do kind of wonder whether we're like bubble wrapping our kids.
What I think is fascinating in this outgrowth is because there are people like you who believe that maybe we're bubble wrapping kids. This idea of free range parenting.
I always laugh when I say it because when you go buy eggs at the grocery store, there's like free range chickens.
Angela is right that the term was coined by a New York City mom but she misremembers some of the details.
In 2008, Lenore Schenazy wrote a column in The New York Sun describing how she let her then 9-year-old son, not yet in middle school, make his way home from Bloomingdale's alone via the subway and bus.