Lenore Skenazy

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@FreeRangeKids

Founder, Free-Range Kids. President, Let Grow.
Book: amzn.to/3DM2Wrv
Let Grow: letgrow.org
Me: Lskenazy at Yahoo

New York, NY freerangekids.com Joined February 2009

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Lenore Skenazy @FreeRangeKids 16h

I love this study but it always seems like we are discovering the equivalent of "Food solves starvation!"

This one:

"Children who visit a playground or park once a week may enjoy better mental health later on. It also helps build their social skills."

healthday.com/health-news/ch…

www.healthday.com Getting Your Kids To A Park Or Playground May Change Their Future WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Taking your kids to the playground does more than get them some fresh air and a good night’s sleep.British res

Lenore Skenazy @FreeRangeKids 16h

Intriguing study: Head Start kids who got social emotional training were doing better, socially/emotionally, in their early 20s.
Wish the researchers had done same study but given the kids FREE PLAY!
studyfinds.com/kids-who-learn…

studyfinds.com Kids Who Learned This in Preschool Became Happier Adults Preschool social-emotional learning paid off nearly 20 years later, shaping healthier, happier young adults.

Lenore Skenazy @FreeRangeKids 2d

In the 80s my friend Lena Einhorn started studying why cancer is so rare in newborns, and when malignant cells are transplanted to embryos, they often lose their malignant characteristics.
Hmm!
AT LAST the research has resurfaced!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ca…

onlinelibrary.wiley.com A Period of Grace: Suppression of Malignancy During Embryonic Life It is conspicuously difficult to experimentally induce cancer in embryos, especially during organogenesis. Based on this, and a number of other aspects of tumorigenesis during intra-uterine life, it...

Lenore Skenazy @FreeRangeKids 4d

Come hear holiday puns from some of the quickest wits in the west. (Well, actually in the east.)

TUES, DEC 8
PUNDERDOME
At Littlefield's in Bklyn.
8 p.m.

Hope so you see there!

Tickets here!

littlefieldnyc.com/event/?wfea_eb…

@Punderdome3000

littlefieldnyc.com PUNDERDOME®: NYC’s Comedy PUN-SLAM Compuntition is December 8! Hosted by Firestone, featuring Champs: DAFT PUN, HOT CROSS PUNS & DAD, WHEN WIT HITS THE FAN, LEXI KAHN, VOWEL MOVEMENT & DAD and MORE!

Lenore Skenazy @FreeRangeKids 5d

It IS turning! People are recognizing independence is a crucial, can't be replaced, part of childhood.

Dr. Camilo Ortiz 👨🏼‍🎓 Verified account @DrCamiloOrtiz 5d

The tide may be turning on overprotection! The Atlantic is asking what constant surveillance is doing to children, in Sarah Zhang's new piece. My work with Independence Therapy featured!

Free link: theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/…
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