The Case for Free-Range Parenting
On Halloween, when everybody was out to trick or treat, we were surprised by how many children actually lived here whom we had never seen.
.. A study by the University of California, Los Angeles, has found that American kids spend 90 percent of their leisure time at home, often in front of the TV or playing video games. Even when kids are physically active, they are watched closely by adults, either in school, at home, at afternoon activities or in the car, shuttling them from place to place.
.. It is hard for parents to balance the desire to protect their children against the desire to make them more self-reliant.