Raising Confident, Independent Kids – Safely: The Mom Hour, Episode 13

What does “stranger danger” really mean (and is that the best way to phrase it for our kids)? In Episode 13, Meagan and Sarah talk about giving our kids tools and information to make them safer and more capable as their independence increases.

Episode 13 is the second installment in our two-part series on free-range parenting – if you haven’t listened to Episode 12 yet, you can find it right here (no need to listen in order – the conversation was far from sequential).

Picks of the Week

Every once in a while we share a product or service making our lives easier these days. Sarah talked about Rover.com, a matchmaking service for pet-sitters and those looking for affordable, in-home pet care. Meagan shared the book she’s reading, Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson.

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Links we discussed in Episode 13

• Melissa Atkins Wardy’s fantastic blog Pigtail Pals, specifically this post about kids listening to their “tummy voices”
• Risky Play: Why Children Love It And Need It (from Peter Gray’s Freedom to Learn blog for Psychology Today)

Since we refer back in Episode 13 to several of the resources mentioned in Episode 12, below are those links again for you!

Links we discussed in Episode 12

• Lenore Sknazy’s Free Range Kids website (and book, and TV show)
• Posts from The Happiest Home
  • 6 Ways To Encourage Free Play, Create Stronger Communities, & Raise Safer Kids
  • Parenting As Though Tomorrow Will Always Come
• Books by Gavin de Becker
  • Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane)
  • The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence 

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