How to build your kid's confidence — by leaving them alone (w/ Lenore Skenazy)
How to build your kid's confidence — by leaving them alone (w/ Lenore Skenazy)  
Podcast: How to Be a Better Human
Published On: Mon Sep 29 2025
Description: How do you raise confident and capable children in a seemingly scary and unsafe world? According to Lenore Skenazy, the solution is simple yet controversial — you leave the kids alone. Lenore is the president of Let Grow and the founder of the Free Range Kids Movement where she argues that parents don’t need to hover over their kids as much because they’ll be more than okay — they’ll thrive. Chris and Lenore discuss why overprotecting kids can backfire, how parents might be unintentionally stifling children’s innate curiosity, and why one of the best tools to teach kids is to step away and let them learn and problem-solve themselves.FollowHost: Chris Duffy (Instagram: @chrisiduffy | chrisduffycomedy.com)Guest: Lenore Skenazy (Instagram: @lenoreskenazy_freerange | LinkedIn: @lenoreskenazy | Website: https://www.freerangekids.com/) LinksInstagram: @letgroworgLinkedIn: @letgrowJoin Let Grow (free!): https://letgrow.org/joinFacebook Group: Raising Independent Kids Facebook GroupBook: Free Range Kids: How Parents and Teachers Can Let Go and Let GrowLenore's TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whaesnYloMQSubscribe to TED Instagram: @tedYouTube: @TEDTikTok: @tedtoksLinkedIn: @ted-conferencesWebsite: ted.comPodcasts: ted.com/podcastsFor the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.