The hidden brain revealing patterns of the mind.
Please do not be alarmed.
The adults in my life know where I am.
They practice something called free range parenting.
We've gone out with them.
We've taught them how to cross the street.
We've observed them.
You know, it's not like we somehow dropped them off in the middle of a jungle and said, fend for yourselves, kid.
But the state has now sent the.
Motifs a letter saying what they've done.
Is unsubstantiated child neglect.
The counties applying a law that says you can't leave a young child alone in a car or building.
To them, that law can be stretched to be anywhere, playgrounds, walking home from school.
And to us, that's apples and oranges.
Is what I'm doing messing up my kid?
That's the question many parents ask, and it's the subject of today's hidden brain.
I'm Shankar Vedantham, and I, too, am a parent.
The news clips we heard from WUSA Nine and DC's Fox Five local news are of the Metis family in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Daniel and Alexander Metief allow their ten year old son and six year old daughter to walk 1 mile home from a park without adult supervision.
They believe in free range parenting and that's pretty much the opposite of helicopter parenting.