Our culture - the norms, beliefs, and assumptions that drive behavior - suggests that kids are in constant danger. Despite all the statistics pointing in the opposite direction, parenting culture treats those of us who give our kids some more independence in the world as subpar parents at best and negligent at worst. Today’s guest, Lenore Skenazy, the "Worst Mom in America," founder of Free Range Kids and President of the non-profit Let Grow, and my new hero is on a mission to change the culture of fear that says our kids are constantly in danger and hampers their development as a result.

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