article_snippet.sent: Free-range parenting is the name given to a style of raising kids in opposition to so-called 'helicopter parenting'. '
article_snippet.sent: Helicopter parents' are named for Helicopter parents' habit of hovering over Helicopter parents' offspring, micro-managing Helicopter parents' lives in an attempt to keep Helicopter parents' safe.
article_snippet.sent: However critics believe this creates under-confident, over-reliant children, while also causing Helicopter parents' stress.
article_snippet.sent: Free-range parents advocate a more hands-off approach, where children are allowed to go out and experience the world on children own.
article_snippet.sent: The free range parenting trend was first popularized in 2008 by New York journalist Lenore Skenazy, in a piece entitled