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What happens when we let kids take risks and solve problems on their own?

This question led journalist and founder of the free-range kids movement, Lenore Skenazy, to embrace the title she had been given online of, quote, America's worst mom, after she shared the story of allowing her nine-year-old son to ride the New York City subway alone.

In a follow-up conversation to her 2025 talk released a few weeks ago, Lenore spoke with TED curator Whitney Pennington-Rogers to dig further into why it's so important to raise independent kids in today's tech-heavy, safety-obsessed age.

There are so many thorny topics that we parents have to confront as we parent kids these days.

And that's why I'm really excited to mention another show I'm hosting called Raising Us.

It's a podcast from a kid's company called A Kids Co.

This is their first parenting podcast, and it's for parents to help us talk to our kids about topics like gaming, social media...

puberty, the environment, democracy.

Like I mentioned, a lot of thorny topics.

And all of these topics couldn't be better connected with the overarching point that Lenore Skenazy makes in her conversation with Whitney.

Here they are.

That was Lenore Skenazy in conversation with Whitney Pennington-Rogers for a TED membership event in 2025.

If you're curious about TED's curation, find out more at TED.com slash curation guidelines.

And that's it for today.