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Lenore Skenazy, a New York City mother of two, earned the sobriquet “America’s Worst Mom” after reporting in a newspaper column that she had allowed her younger son, then 9, to ride the subway alone. 家住纽约市的莉诺·斯科纳兹(Lenore Skenazy)是两个孩子的母亲，自从报纸专栏报道了她让9岁的小儿子独自乘坐地铁的事情之后，“美国最差妈妈”的绰号就落在了她的头上。 The damning criticism she endured, including a threat of arrest for child endangerment, intensified her desire to encourage anxious parents to give their children the freedom they need to develop the self-confidence and resilience to cope effectively with life’s many challenges. 她承受了严厉的谴责，甚至面临着因危害儿童罪而受到逮捕的威胁，但这一切反而令她的信念更加坚定，她期望能通过自己的努力，鼓励焦虑的家长们放手，给孩子更多自由，让孩子们有机会建立自信心和适应力，从而更有效地应对生活中的诸多挑战。 One result was the publication in 2009 of her book “Free Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts With Worry).” A second result is the Free Range Kids Project and a 13-part series, starting Thursday on Discovery Life Channel, called “World’s Worst Mom.” In it, Ms. Skenazy intervenes to rescue bubble-wrapped kids from their overprotective parents by guiding the children safely through a sequence of once-forbidden activities and showing their anxious parents how well the children perform and how proud they are of what they accomplished. | 
