'Free-range parenting' pioneer says loss of independence causing kids anxiety: They 'need experiences'
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Lenore Skenazy, the pioneer of the "free-range" parenting movement, warned overprotective parenting practices could be causing children extra anxiety.
"They leave school, they're in a car, they're taken to a class, they're taken to a game, it's run by an adult. They come home, their homework is overseen by an adult. Their reading log is signed by an adult. Then they go to bed and then the next morning they're taken again to school. There's just very little time left for anything that we would call self-directed." Taylor Penley is an associate editor with Fox News.
Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy sounded the alarm on the youth mental health crisis earlier this year, paying careful attention to upticks in anxiety, depression and loneliness hampering America's kids in the post-COVID world. Though he cited social media as a primary factor, Skenazy said more attention should be directed to the loss of childhood independence and experiences that allow kids to grow.
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