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Lenore Skenazy

Lenore Skenazy is host of the reality show “World’s Worst Mom”  on the Discovery Life Channel. She is also a public speaker and founder of the book and blog “Free-Range Kids.”

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Screw the police and the busybodies! A free-range parent manifesto — let your kids play outside, by themselves

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Leaving your kid in the car is not criminal: Cops, judges and busy-bodies need some common sense now

Lenore Skenazy
("The Today Show")

We’ve criminalized childhood: Free-range parents meet out-of-control cops

Lenore Skenazy

“Help! My boys were stopped three times by police for being outside unsupervised”

Lenore Skenazy
(Daniel Hurst)

The war on children’s playgrounds

Lenore Skenazy