OF THOSE.
THANK YOU ERIC.
>> JOINING ME NOW.
FREE RANGE FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR AUTHOR OF BOOK
MEAN DADS FOR A BETTER
AMERICA, A FATHER HIMSELF,
TOMETOM SHILLUE, WHAT DO YOU
THINK.
>> THAT KID CAME HOME FROM
KARATE CLASS, HE COULD HAVE
CHOPPED HIS WAY TO SAFETY.
SHE IS TEACHING HIM HOW TO
DEFEND HIMSELF AND HE HAS TO
FIND HIS WAY HOME, PEOPLE
NOW EVEN ADULTS GO BY GPS.
THIS KID WAS DOING WHAT MOST
OF US DID WHEN WE WERE
TEENS, THEY SHOULD TAKE
THOSE PUBLIC OFFICIALS,
ANYONE THAT DOES THIS, ANY
TIME FREE RANGE PARENTING IN
THE NEWS BECAUSE APPARENT
WAS ARRESTED, THOSE
OFFICIALS SHOULD BE SHAMED
FOR IT.
I THINK A LOT HAPPENED
DURING CALDWELL-POPE AS COPE
-- COVID, WE WERE FREE RANGE
DURING COVID, IT WAS SHUT
DOWN WE LIT THE KIDS PLAY
WITH EACH OTHER.
BRIAN: YOU WANT THEM TO
LIVE.
>> YES, WE RENTED A SUMMER
CAMP, ALL SUMMER CAMPS WERE
CLOSED A BUNCH OF FAMILY
GATHERS ALL OUR KIDS SNEEZED
IN EACH OTHER’S FACES THEY
GOT DIRTY, THEY DIDN’T WATCH
OUR HANDS LIKE IN CAMP, AND
DID ANYONE GET SICK?
NO THEY DID NOT.
BRIAN: BEST ADVICE WE GOT AS
PARENTS WAS LOOK AT END OF
DAY IF YOUR KID AS A COUPLE
SCRAPES THEY ARE DITY, ERY,
THEY HAD A GOOD DAY, THEY
WERE MAKING CHOICES MUCH.
TODAY EVERYTHING IS SO
STRUCTURED FOR KIDS, YOU
DON’T GIVE THEM A SCOPE TO
GROW UP.
>> THAT MEAN DADS PEOPLE
LOOK AT MY BOOK, SAY, YOU
WANT TO BE A MEAN PARENT.
AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU READ
THE BOOK YOU FIGURE OUT IT
IS ABOUT FREEDOM.
MY DAD WAS A SCARY GUY, HE
ALLOWED FREEDOM, WE WERE
AWAY FROM HIM MOST OF THE DAY, AT HOME WE HAVE SO YOU
DAY, AT HOME WE HAVE SO YOU
TOWE AREWE -- HAD TO TOW THE
LINE.
THEY LET THEIR KIDS WALK
HOME, AND FIGURE IT OUT.
AND I BET SHE SAID, IF SOME
KID BULLIES HER SON, SHE AID
FIGHT BACK GIVE HIM ACRAT --
KARATE CHOP.
BRIAN: FREE RANGE PARENTS
IDEA, YOU HAVE BOUNDARIES,
YOU CREATE THEM BUT YOU
LEAVE A LOT OF SPACE IN
BETWEEN.
FEELS LIKE YOU BROUGHT THIS
UP, PANDEMIC SHRUNK OF
WORLD’S BOUNDARIES, YOU
CAN’T GO TO THE PARK, YOU
CAN’T -- THEY CLOSE THE
BASKETBALL HOOP, YOU CAN’T
SHOOT HOOP, KIDS GO CRAZY
WHEN THEY CAN’T LIVE A
LITTLE BIT, THEY NEED RISK,
RISK IS PART OF BUYING
HUMAN.
>> WE PULLED TAPE DOWN AT
PARKS.
WE PULLED IT DOWN, WE LET
THE KIDS PLAY, SOME PARENTS
GOT ARRESTED.
WE NEVER DID.
THE COPS NEVER SHOWED UP
WHEN WE DID IT.
YOU KNOW WE FLOUTED JUST
CONVENTION AND RULES.
AND TURNED OUT OKAY.
BRIAN: WE SPEND SUMMERS IN
MINNESOTA OFTEN, WHERE WE
ARE RURAL.
I DON’T THINK THAT THERE IS
A POLICE OFFICER IN THE AREA
THERE WHO WOULD SHOW UP TO
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND SAY
STOP LETTING YOUR KIDS PLAY,
THEY HAVE COMMON SENSE, THEY
WANT KIDS TO GROW UP AND BE
HEALTHY MEMBERS OF
COMMUNITY, IF YOU HAVE KIDS
WHO CAN’T TAKE CARE OF
THEMSELVES THEY WILL BE THE
PEOPLE IN TROUBLE WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT LATER, THEY HAVE
NOT LEARNED HOW TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY.
>> I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING LEN
FOR YEARS SHE HAS A WEB
SITE, SHE COMES UP WITH
GREAT IDEAS, YOU GIVE YOUR
KIDS THE CARDS, IT SAYS I’M
NOT CRAZY, I LET MY KID WALK
HOME IT IS GETS WORD OUT
THERE.
BRIAN: CITIES LIKE NEW YORK,
WANT TO GET UNIVERSITY I.D.S
IN -- GOVERNMENT I.D.S IN
YOUR KIDS HANDS, I LIKE THIS