Comments on: Free Range Kids http://www.homeedmag.com/editorial/458/free-range-kids/ From the editors and publishers of Home Education Magazine Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:29:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Fink http://www.homeedmag.com/editorial/458/free-range-kids/#comment-11455 Jennifer Fink Thu, 14 May 2009 18:10:43 +0000 http://www.homeedmag.com/editorial/?p=458#comment-11455 I love the free-range kids idea, and am so glad that's stimulating discussion on this important topic. I myself grew up in a climate of fear -- town was "bad," climbing trees might result in broken limbs, etc. -- so it's been very reassuring for me to think a lot of this through and to realize that, yes, life is risky. But not experiencing it is a whole lot riskier. Jennifer Fink www.bloggingboutboys.blogspot.com I love the free-range kids idea, and am so glad that’s stimulating discussion on this important topic. I myself grew up in a climate of fear — town was “bad,” climbing trees might result in broken limbs, etc. — so it’s been very reassuring for me to think a lot of this through and to realize that, yes, life is risky. But not experiencing it is a whole lot riskier.

Jennifer Fink
http://www.bloggingboutboys.blogspot.com

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