Lenore Skenazy (/lɪˈnɔːr skəˈneɪzi/) is an American speaker, blogger, syndicated columnist, author, and reality show host, known for her activism in favor of free-range parenting.

She is the president of Let Grow, co-founded in 2018 with Daniel Shuchman, Peter Gray and Jonathan Haidt,[2] an organisation advocating free-range parenting.

[citation needed] Skenazy spent fourteen years as a columnist for the New York Daily News, but was fired in December 2006.

[5] The piece resulted in accusations of child abuse and memories of first-time subway trips and childhood freedom.

[16] Similar laws recognizing reasonable childhood independence have since been enacted in other states, including Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas.