What are thoughts on “Free-Range Parenting”
Free-range parenting is a style that fosters independence, self-reliance, and resilience by allowing children age-appropriate freedom to explore, make decisions, and play without constant supervision. It prioritizes self-sufficient skill-building over high-risk fears, often allowing activities like walking to school alone, playing in parks unsupervised, or running errands.
Where does your parenting style fall on the spectrum?
https://www.healthline.com/health/parenting/free-range-parenting
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Aren’t these the people the same people that unschool?
I’m not as extreme as this label suggests, I feel like extreme versions of this can border on neglect as the article says. But I’m 100% NOT a helicopter mom. Maybe a mild to moderate version of free range? It’s hard to label but I like the idea of giving him age-appropriate freedom & not hovering constantly with the “be careful!”s. He is only 3 so I can’t really give too much freedom yet haha, but as he’s older I feel like I’ll be more “lenient” than a lot of my peers with certain things.
mines more like child-led but adult supervised.
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