Last April, we conducted a twi-ny talk with Lenore Skenazy, the longtime New York City columnist and creator of Free-Range Kids, a book and website that she considers “a commonsense approach to parenting in these overprotective times.” She was staging the controversial Take Our Children to the Park . . . and Leave Them There Day, meant to “start giving our kids the freedom and fun that helps them grow up happy, healthy, and maybe even a little sunburnt,” she explained. Then, in July, she offered free Free-Range tutorials in which she’d come into families’ homes to give advice on how to not be such overprotective helicopter parents. Now Skenazy, a frequent guest on television news programs, is putting together her own reality show “for a popular TV network,” and she’s seeking anxious, overprotective parents in New York City and Toronto to participate. Here’s the criteria: “Do you know someone who is constantly worried about their child? Worried about whether their child is safe and/or whether they are doing well enough academically, socially, or athletically? Do you know any helicopter parents who hover over their child constantly, ready to swoop in if anything remotely ‘bad’ happens? Most parents do worry, but is it so severe that it is affecting their relationship with their children or with their family? If so, we can help them! Or you!” Just send your — or their — name, phone number, and brief description to slee@cineflix.com or call Sylvia Lee at 1-416-504-7317 ext 618. Good luck!
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DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO IS AN OVERPROTECTIVE PARENT? (MAYBE EVEN YOU? OR YOUR SPOUSE?)
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