Treating 6-Year-Olds Like Infants Makes Children’s — and Parents’ — Lives Smaller
Is it better for the children to sit on an iPad all afternoon than to go out unattended for a bike ride?
By LENORE SKENAZY
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LENORE SKENAZY
New York, New York
Lenore Skenazy is a Columnist for the Sun.
Ms. Skenazy is president of Let Grow, a contributing writer at Reason.com, and author of “Has the World Gone Skenazy?”
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