The Coddling of the American Mind Movie

The Coddling of the American Mind Movie

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"Let Them Figure It Out": How a Mom Brought Free Play to School Kids

"Let Them Figure It Out": How a Mom Brought Free Play to School Kids

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Nicole Cooper is a dietitian who became a police officer. Not a career path you see every day! Now she teaches at a police academy in Northern California and is doing something else impressive: She started and runs a Let Grow Play Club at her kids’ public school! 

We caught up with Nicole to ask what she’d tell anyone el…

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President and co-founder of Let Grow (LetGrow.org), the nonprofit promoting childhood independence. Founder of the Free-Range Kids movement. For more info, Google "America's Worst Mom." Really
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