Lenore Skenazy

After letting her 9-year-old ride the subway alone (and getting slammed in the media), Lenore Skenazy wrote the book Free-Range Kids, which grew into the Free-Range Kids movement. Now she is president of Let Grow, the national nonprofit she co-founded with three others, making it easy, normal, and legal to give kids back some old-fashioned independence. Lenore's feisty belief that our kids are stronger and safer than our culture gives them credit for has landed her on The Daily Show, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Dr. Phil, The View, Anderson Cooper, Fox News, NPR, BBC, and CBC.

A former New York Daily News reporter, she lives in New York City with her husband and beloved computer. And, for the record, she used to write for Mad Magazine. Yep -- MAD!

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