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Calm Down, Your Kids Are Perfectly Safe

Writer/mom says parents worry, hover way too much

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted May 4, 2009 11:24 AM CDT

(Newser) – With a constant barrage of news stories and TV shows highlighting child abductions and murders, it may seem like a supremely dangerous time to be a kid. But don't believe the media, says Lenore Skenazy, the author of Free-Range Kids. In an interview with Salon,...   Read full story »

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