FREE-RANGE ITHACA

摘要

In 2015, the Pew Research Center asked American parents at what age children should be allowed to spend time at a public park unsupervised. On average, parents said 14. "Either evolution took a nosedive in the last 25 years or we lost sight of normal childhood development," says Lenore Ske-nazy, the author of the 2010 book Free-Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry).