11 Sept 2012

Resist Making 'Helicopter Parenting' The Law of The Land

Lenore Skenazy writes a nationally syndicated column that appears in more than 100 papers through the Creators Syndicate.
[latest article] Folks — The idea that a 10-year-old is not allowed to read at the library without a guardian is nauseating to me, and not just because I spent my formative years at the Wilmette Public Library (reading the Harvard Lampoon). I can't imagine my mom having to spend her whole weekend at the library just because she happened to have a reader for a child. Alternatively, I can't imagine NOT spending my afternoons at the library because my mom had other things to do besides bodyguarding me in the reference room. Source

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