How do you raise confident and capable children in a seemingly scary and unsafe world? According to Lenore Skenazy, the solution is simple yet controversial — you leave the kids alone. Lenore is the president of Let Grow and the founder of the Free Range Kids Movement where she argues that parents don’t need to hover over their kids as much because they’ll be more than okay — they’ll thrive. Chris and Lenore discuss why overprotecting kids can backfire, how parents might be unintentionally stifling children’s innate curiosity, and why one of the best tools to teach kids is to step away and let them learn and problem-solve themselves.FollowHost: Chris Duffy (Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisiduffy/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">chrisiduffy</a> | <a href="https://chrisduffycomedy.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">chrisduffycomedy.com</a>)Guest: Lenore Skenazy (Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lenoreskenazy_freerange/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lenoreskenazy_freerange</a> | LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lenoreskenazy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lenoreskenazy</a> | Website: <a href="https://www.freerangekids.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.freerangekids.com/</a>)&nbsp;LinksInstagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/letgroworg/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@letgroworg</a><a href="https://letgrow.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://letgrow.org/</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/free-range-kids-how-parents-and-teachers-can-let-go-and-let-grow-lenore-skenazy/15638632?utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=pmax_makegood_july2025&utm_content=6600573266&utm_term=%7Bsearchterm%7D&utm_product_id=&utm_item_id=%7Bitem_id%7D&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22829786313&gbraid=0AAAAACfld41fI-AVqehvfPzpwRlxxhHlr&gclid=Cj0KCQjwnovFBhDnARIsAO4V7mCNK9oB2NNBMRG6BQyHswgtTZWin6YjbhHsG8I25SnsKTxUTsQhYUgaAs3XEALw_wcB" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Free Range Kids: How Parents and Teachers Can Let Go and Let Grow</a>Subscribe to TED&nbsp;Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ted/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @ted</a>YouTube:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TED" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @TED</a>TikTok:<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @tedtoks</a>LinkedIn:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @ted-conferences</a>Website:<a href="https://ted.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> ted.com</a>Podcasts:<a href="https://www.ted.com/podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://ted.com/podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ted.com/podcasts</a>For the full text transcript, visit <a href="https://go.ted.com/BHTranscripts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">go.ted.com/BHTranscripts</a>Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links:TEDNext:&nbsp;<a href="https://ted.com/futureyou" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ted.com/futureyou</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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