More Than One Way to Skin a Knee: Lenore Skenazy on DarkHorse

Lenore Skenazy is “America’s Worst Mom”, founder of Free Range Kids and President of Let Grow. Bret talks to her about parenting in an era of zero risk.

Find Lenore on X: https://x.com/FreeRangeKids (@FreeRangeKids)
Find Let Grow at their website: https://letgrow.org/

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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction to America's Worst Mom
(07:30) Catastrophic risk thinking
(18:20) Sponsor (hilarious accent)
(19:51) Safety culture ruining kids
(23:50) Bret tells 2 stories about risks
(32:30) Recent stats and litigation
(39:10) Fun and risk
(49:30) Theory of close calls
(53:15) Drive to be competent, let grow experience
(01:01:25) Parents, tracking kids, and dealing with uncertainty
(01:19:35) Toby cliff diving
(01:22:00) Old enough
(01:28:25) Treating anxiety
(01:35:17) Study on mean world outlook
(01:41:20) Action breaks the cycle
(01:44:30) Bret's grandfather and risk
(01:49:42) Wrap up