Whitney Pennington-Rogers

So I guess one thing I'm curious about is people have said, OK, I like this idea of these questions.

I want to ask myself these questions.

And they do that.

And then what happens?

I guess, what do you recommend people do next?

What is the way that they can take this further to advance themselves and this thinking?

have some sort of partner, whether, even if that partner is yourself, it sounds like that you're your future self, right?

Right.

Well, Mike, thank you so much for, for being with us today, for your, for your talk and for sharing so much of your wisdom around these questions and, you know, your twenties and so much more.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You actually, you start your talk by mentioning that you have been called America's worst mom after you let your nine-year-old ride the New York City subway alone.

And you embraced that title.

After a while.

Maybe not initially.

But so, I mean, when you look back at that moment, what do you think struck a cultural nerve?

Yeah, well, I mean, and all these years later, it's still something that people are still, it seems like, obsessed with and concerned by this idea of letting kids go on their own.

And so could you, I guess, talk a little bit about this for those people who are new to your work.

What exactly does free range kids mean?