About Author
Lenore Skenazy () is an American speaker, blogger, syndicated columnist, author, and reality show host, known for her activism in favor of free-range parenting. In 2008, she wrote a controversial column on her decision to let her then-9-year-old son take the New York City Subway home alone. The piece became a national story, prompting massive media attention. She was dubbed "America's Worst Mom". In response, Skenazy wrote Free-Range Kids, adding a blog of the same name. She is the president of Let Grow, co-founded in 2018 with Daniel Shuchman, Peter Gray and Jonathan Haidt, an organisation advocating free-range parenting.
