Comments on: Free Range Kids Book Review http://www.homewiththekids.com/blog/2009/05/free-range-kids-book-review/ Work at Home in Progress Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:37:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stephaniehttp://www.homewiththekids.com/blog/2009/05/free-range-kids-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1372 Stephanie Thu, 21 May 2009 02:51:16 +0000 http://www.homewiththekids.com/blog/?p=1390#comment-1372 I like her parenting style too. It's hard sometimes to let the kids go and do as they need to in order to become responsible adults. My husband loves to talk about how when he was in college, the first weekend of fall semester he would always go to the laundromat to watch all the kids who had never done laundry before. Just sad thinking that there are people who have grown up without such basic life skills. I like her parenting style too. It’s hard sometimes to let the kids go and do as they need to in order to become responsible adults. My husband loves to talk about how when he was in college, the first weekend of fall semester he would always go to the laundromat to watch all the kids who had never done laundry before. Just sad thinking that there are people who have grown up without such basic life skills.

]]> By: The Motherhttp://www.homewiththekids.com/blog/2009/05/free-range-kids-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1373 The Mother Wed, 20 May 2009 22:30:27 +0000 http://www.homewiththekids.com/blog/?p=1390#comment-1373 I am a big Free Range fan. Lenore's parenting style and mine seem to mesh well.I agree that the big issue here is RESPONSIBILITY. Kids grow up, and go off to college these days having NEVER been allowed to make their own decisions. And we wonder why so many boomerang.I think a full restructuring is in order. Kids must have a school nurse give them Tylenol the day before they graduate, but a day later they can be shooting people in Iraq or Afghanistan? Give me a break.A parent's job is to gradually give children the latitude they need to develop the skills to live alone. It's time we held back and did just that. I am a big Free Range fan. Lenore’s parenting style and mine seem to mesh well.

I agree that the big issue here is RESPONSIBILITY. Kids grow up, and go off to college these days having NEVER been allowed to make their own decisions. And we wonder why so many boomerang.

I think a full restructuring is in order. Kids must have a school nurse give them Tylenol the day before they graduate, but a day later they can be shooting people in Iraq or Afghanistan? Give me a break.

A parent’s job is to gradually give children the latitude they need to develop the skills to live alone. It’s time we held back and did just that.

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