+ Articles - "The Case for Free-Range Parenting" and "The 1979 6-Year-Old: Less Reading, More Range" by Clemens Wergen at the New York Times and KJ Antonia at Slate, respectively This topic fascinates me as I felt like I was allowed a ton of freedom as a child, but now am fearful when my son is in the backyard by himself. I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on these. Read them here and here.
+ Article - "Want to See Domestic Spying's Future? Follow the Drug War" by Andy Greenberg at Wired - Bad boys, bad boys...Read more here.
+ Article - "The Plot to Free North Korea with Smuggled Episodes of 'Friends'" by Andy Greenberg at Wired - If Chandler Bing can't save them, no one can. Read more here.
+ Article - "The Myth of Wealthy Men and Beautiful Women" by James Hamblin at The Atlantic - There might be hope for the world after all. Read it here.
+ Article - "The Eternal Return of Buzzfeed" by Adrienne LaFrance and Robinson Meyer at The Atlantic - Buzzfeed is garbage and wildly fascinating at the same time. Read more here.
+ Art - "Self Portrait" (1920s) by Will James
I too read Free Range Parenting and came to similar conclusions as you. Theoretically, I love it. In practice, much more difficult, difficult with only having/planning one child. I stunt know why we became the over-protective parent generation.
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DeleteDrew it is great to hear from you. I hope you are doing well.
DeleteI've seen the stat mentioned before that "the crime rate is actually lower now than it was 30 years ago" and I wonder if A) is that crime in general or kidnapping specifically and B) is there a chance that kidnapping rates are lower because of less free-range parenting and thus fewer opportunities for a kidnapper to find an unaccompanied kid.
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