- Lenore Skenazy
Lenore Skenazy is a columnist and features reporter for
The New York Sun . She was formerly with theNew York Daily News for eighteen years, but was fired in December 2006. [ [http://gawker.com/news/new-york-daily-news/news-needs-women-218560.php New York Daily News: 'News' Needs Women ] ] She previously worked forNPR andMad Magazine . She was featured in the second episode of Bravo's seriesTabloid Wars .Lenore Skenazy's April 1, 2008 column in
The New York Sun described her giving the controversial advice of letting her 9-year-old son take theNew York City subway home alone [ [http://www.nysun.com/news/why-i-let-my-9-year-old-ride-subway-alone New York Sun: Why I Let My 9-year-old Ride Subway Alone] ] , and unleashed a flood of reactions ranging from accusations of child abuse to fond memories of first-time subway trips. The story was covered onMSNBC [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23935873/from/ET/ Mom lets 9-year-old take subway home alone] ] two days after the column appeared.References
External links
* [http://www.nysun.com/authors/Lenore+Skenazy Lenore Skenazy archive, New York Sun]
* [http://community.verizon.net/forum.jspa?forumID=1700008396 Lenoreville Verizon Community]
* [http://www.outloudopinion.com Podcasts of Skenazy's recent articles]
* [http://www.freerangekids.com Lenore Skenazy Website & Blog]
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