Free-Range Kids (book)

Free-Range Kids or the full title, Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry is a 2009 parenting book by American journalist Lenore Skenazy. The book criticizes overprotective parenting practices and instead advocates for allowing children to have greater independence. Skenazy asserts that this greater freedom builds confidence, responsibility and resilience. It is widely credited with popularizing the concept and term free-range parenting, a concept which inspired further debate, social movements, and legislation protecting the practice in some U.S. states.