Free-range parenting

A notable text of the movement is Lenore Skenazy's book Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry (2009).

Her book, Free Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had without Going Nuts with Worry[1]: 256  and her related website (April 2008)[2] describe what she sees as the horrors of mainstream schooling, parenting, and organised activities, highlighting the unnecessary protection from risk that limits children's opportunity to mature properly into independent adults, and the unnecessary training, even in using flash cards for preschoolers, thereby limiting their opportunities for personal growth.

[3] The perception of what constitutes neglect varies greatly depending on the State Law in place, the age of the children and if an injury occurred or not.

[4] In 2014 and 2015, parents in Maryland were investigated by their local Child Protective Services when their children walked home from a park unsupervised.

to improve their capacity to respond to an emergency case if they stay home alone, suggesting that parents use their own discretion when it comes to their own individual children.