I’ve been meaning to drop a note about this for a couple weeks. I came across a sweet little article in the April 21, 2009 edition of the Globe and Mail discussing the fall-out from the FreeRangeKids blog author — a mom — and certainly some kind of skeptical parent.

A columnist for the New York Times (wow, two references to print media today!), Ms. Skenazy committed the so-called-sin of allowing her nine-year-old son a modicum of independence, challenged the notions of the deadly stranger waiting around each corner to pounce on every unguarded child, and sent the young boy off with a mission: get home on the New York subway. Alone.

I’ve never been on the New York Subway. I’ve never been to New York. But, reallly: Good for her.

Now a year later — after holding back a tide of both negative publicity and overwhelmingly positive support — she writes on the topic. And if you are a skeptical parent like me, you see the blog for exactly what it is: a skeptical analysis of the quivering assertions of a frightened society. She’s just published a book. I’d like to read it. And I thought readers of this blog might enjoy it as well.