Lenore Skenazy: Is Freedom Too Dangerous for Kids?

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Partner:: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Location:: Sydney Opera House
Sydney, NSW
Event Date:: 10.03.10
Speakers:: Richard Glover,; Lenore Skenazy
Tags:: parenting; children; child abuse; child psychology; childhood obesity; sesame street

Summary: Here in this delightfully theatrical talk at the Sydney Opera House, Lenore Skenazy explains how the rise of experts, fear of litigation, and the media have all led to a culture of overly cautious parents.

Skenazy points out that in the West our children's lives are safer in nearly every respect than ever before. So why do we treat them with such "kid" gloves and deny them basic freedoms like walking to school alone? Is ordinary life too dangerous for our children?

Skenazy argues that in order for children to grow up to be well-rounded, creative and responsible people, we have to set them free.

She is joined onstage by Richard Glover.

Lenore Skenazy appeared at the 2010 Festival of Dangerous Ideas, presented by the Sydney Opera House and St James Ethics Centre.

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Richard Glover

Richard Glover is the author of the book Desperate Husbands, which has been a best-seller in Australia and is published in translation in Italy and Poland and he has also written two short novels for children The Dirt Experiment and The Joke Trap.

Lenore Skenazy

Lenore Skenazy writes a nationally syndicated column that appears in more than 100 papers through the Creators Syndicate. Her work offers commentary on everything from politics to family life to popular culture phenomena, and includes My Dollar Store Addiction and Don't Call Me From Your Car Just Because You're Bored.

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54 min 22 sec

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01.: Introduction

00 min 43 sec

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02.: America's Worst Mother

01 min 05 sec

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03.: Who's Crazy: People Who Trust Other People, or People Who Don't?

04 min 07 sec

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04.: Why I Let My Nine Year Old Take the Subway Alone

06 min 03 sec

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05.: Free-Range Kids

03 min 59 sec

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06.: A Culture of Paranoia

03 min 24 sec

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07.: What Has Changed?

03 min 01 sec

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08.: Examining the Media

05 min 02 sec

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09.: Lawyers

04 min 51 sec

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10.: Culture of Experts

05 min 45 sec

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11.: Kiddie Safety Industrial Complex

04 min 18 sec

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12.: Fear of the Predator

02 min 24 sec

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13.: What Is the Alternative?

04 min 09 sec

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14.: Q1: Kidnapping Statistics

01 min 55 sec

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15.: Q2: Son That Took the Train

00 min 39 sec

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16.: Q3: Future Generations

02 min 55 sec

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Sesame Street's Early Years: Adults Only Please!

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Sydney Opera House: Performing-arts centre on the harbour in Sydney, Australia. Its dynamic, imaginative design by Danish architect Jørn Utzon won a competition in 1957 and brought Utzon international fame. Construction posed a variety of problems, many resulting from the bold design consisting of a series of glittering white shell-shaped roofs. After several years of research, Utzon gave the vaults a more spherical geometry, making them easier and more economical to build. The roofs are made up of precast concrete sections held together by cables. The centre finally opened in 1973.; Sydney Opera House on britannica.com