Lenore Skenazy
Lenore Skenazy | |
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| Born | November 27, 1959 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Columbia University (MA) |
| Occupations | Writer and reality show host |
| Organization | Let Grow |
| Known for | Free-range parenting |
| Notable work | Books: " Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry" (2009) "Free-Range Kids: How Parents and Teachers Can Let Go and Let Grow" (2021) |
| Television | World's Worst Mom |
| Website | https://letgrow.org/ |
Lenore Skenazy (/lɪˈnɔːr skəˈneɪzi/) is an American speaker, blogger, syndicated columnist, author, and reality show host, known for her activism in favor of free-range parenting. In 2008, she wrote a controversial column on her decision to let her then-9-year-old son take the New York City Subway home alone, which was completed without incident. The piece became a national story, prompting massive media attention. She was dubbed "America's Worst Mom". In response, Skenazy wrote Free-Range Kids, adding a blog of the same name.
Skenazy is the president of Let Grow, co-founded in 2018 with Daniel Shuchman, Peter Gray and Jonathan Haidt. The organization's mission is to make it "easy, normal, and legal to give kids the independence they need to grow into capable, confident and happy adults." In 2018, her activism led to Utah being the first state to pass a "Free-Range Parenting" bill.