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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Kids Walk Home Alone

    A Maryland family is being investigated for letting their kids walk home from the park. The distance was about one mile, and the kids were 10 and 6 years old. The ongoing investigation into the family has sparked a conversation about how much freedom we should give our kids. Are we living in an age of over-parenting? Or appropriate caution?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jan 29, 2015 • 1 min read

    A Maryland family is being investigated for letting their kids walk home from the park. The distance was about one mile, and the kids were 10 and 6 years old. The ongoing investigation into the family has sparked a conversation about how much freedom we should give our kids. Are we living in an age of over-parenting? Or appropriate caution? We discuss that and more in our regular parenting segment.

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    1. 0:00The Mormon Church and Gay Rights
    2. 8:43The Politics of the Hijab
    3. 16:50Kids Walk Home AloneYou’re reading this
    4. 25:22Choreographer Amy O’Neal’s “Opposing Forces”
    5. 40:13Tom Petty, Sam Smith and the History of Music Legal Battles
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Stefanie Wilder Taylor

      Co-Host of the parenting podcast “For Crying Out Loud” and author of the book “Naptime is the New Happy Hour.”

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Mormon Church on Gay Rights, Politics of the Hijab, and Songwriting Feuds
    1. 0:00The Mormon Church and Gay Rights
    2. 8:43The Politics of the Hijab
    3. 16:50Kids Walk Home AloneYou’re reading this
    4. 25:22Choreographer Amy O’Neal’s “Opposing Forces”
    5. 40:13Tom Petty, Sam Smith and the History of Music Legal Battles
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