Lenore Skenazy

Lenore Skenazy is an American author, speaker, columnist, and activist known for promoting free-range parenting after her 2008 column about letting her 9-year-old son ride the New York City subway alone, earning her the nickname 'America's Worst Mom.' She authored the book *Free-Range Kids* and co-founded the nonprofit Let Grow in 2017 or 2018 with Jonathan Haidt, Daniel Shuchman, and Peter Gray to advocate for children's independence, leading to legislative changes like Utah's Free-Range Parenting bill in 2018.[1][2][3]