... few weeks after moving to the suburbs of Staten Island, I noticed that the neighborhood was devoid of children playing outside. When I was a kid, I fondly remember riding my bike on the block, roller skating with a friend, walking to school, or just running around and getting dirty. Today, if I were to let my kid play ... outside on the block, I wouldnt be able to avoid the disapproving jaundiced eyed look from the neighbors ... the insanity of helicopter parenting. She argues that there is no rational reason that parents who grew up free-range, having been allowed to walk to school, tak...

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