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"Free-Range Parenting" and the "Nanny State"
Parents who want their kids to be free, independent and responsible are subject to visits from the police and oversight from child protective service agencies. Is "free-range parenting" a form of child endangerment?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenParents who want their kids to be free, independent and responsible are subject to visits from the police and oversight from child protective service agencies. Is "free-range parenting" a form of child endangerment?
Also, details of the deal on Iran's nuclear program have yet to be worked out — and there are mixed reactions from Washington to Tehran.
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2 storiesCan Tehran and Washington Seal the Deal?
In Iran today, yesterday’s deal on the country’s nuclear development was promoted during Friday Prayers. Addressing the nation on national television, President Hassan Rouhani said, “They accepted that Iran -- on its own land -- should have the right to enrichment, that is to say that enrichment had been a threat but now everyone has accepted…
Read the story23 minIs Free-Range Parenting Child Endangerment?
Parents in a suburb of Washington, DC let their 6- and 10-year old kids walk home unattended from a local park. Now they’re among the parents around the country in legal limbo for encouraging kids to grow up independent and responsible for themselves. How much supervision is too much? Is GPS monitoring the answer?
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