SEASON FINALE! When Christine Gross-Loh’s family moved to Japan, she was shocked to see kindergarteners walking on their own to school. Just a few months later her own first-grader was crossing 6-lane roads solo. Lenore asks author and world-tr

Episode Five: Angela Hanscom

Aug 18th, 2020 30m 26s

Pediatric occupational therapist Angela Hanscom was invited to observe a normal 5th-grade class where she witnessed several of the students literally fall out of the chairs. What was going on? Angela discusses the rise of childhood sensory and

Episode Four: Jennifer Wallace

Aug 4th, 2020 37m 13s

Several years ago, Jennifer Wallace’s 7-year-old son had been too afraid to cross the street, ride a bike, or chew gum – he called it a choking hazard. Lenore and Jennifer reminisce about the day Lenore came over, shooed the boy outside on his

Episode Three: David Epstein

Jul 21st, 2020 31m

David Epstein is the best-selling author of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. He tells Lenore why having kids specialize in a sport or subject early won’t necessarily benefit them long term, and how most professional fields

Episode Two: Gary Karlson

Jul 7th, 2020 31m 44s

Dad and educator Gary Karlson talks with Lenore about how the pandemic is changing parents, kids and teachers -- and why he hopes things never go totally back to “normal.” He also reveals why he’s kind of glad his son is sneaking his phone into

Episode One: Peter Gray

Jun 23rd, 2020 35m 1s

You’ve probably heard that play is important, but what are kids getting out of it besides fun? (And sometimes it doesn’t even LOOK fun. It looks like a lot of arguing.) Lenore talks with psychologist Dr. Peter Gray, author of Free to Learn and

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Supervision Not Required: Trailer

Jun 2nd, 2020 2m 4s

DEBUTING JUNE 23! When adults step back, kids step up. Join Lenore Skenazy, president of LetGrow.org and founder of the Free Range Kids movement, as she chats with the experts she loves and trusts the most when it comes to raising independent,

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