#19 Parents Going Nuts With Worry. Lenore Skenazy: How Do We Fix It?

October 14, 2015 Richard Davies

In this episode, Jim and Richard re-visit their entertaining and provocative conversation with Lenore Skenazy, host of the cable TV show, "World's Worst Mom" and founder of Free-Range Kids. The movement was sparked by the huge response to Lenore's article about allowing her 9-year-old son to ride the subway alone in New York City. She tells us that if you always protect your children from every possible danger they never get a chance to grow up.

#15 The Hysteria Over Sex Offenders: How Do We Fix It?

September 9, 2015 Richard Davies

"Protecting Our Kids? How Sex Offender Laws Are Failing Us" is the provocative title of the new book by sociology professor Emily Horowitz. She argues that America is in the grip of panic, saying that sex offender laws enacted over the past twenty years have failed to protect children and promote vigilante justice against alleged offenders. Professor Horowitz is chair of sociology and criminal justice at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York.