# How to build your kid's confidence — by leaving them alone (w/ Lenore Skenazy)

An episode of [How to Be a Better Human](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1544098624), 29 Sep 2025, 41 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/67572b3b2dd88df13220eb3b/e/68af5058352b565deb742d3c/media.mp3

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. Follow Host: Chris Duffy (Instagram: @chrisiduffy | chrisduffycomedy.com) Guest: Lenore Skenazy (Instagram: @lenoreskenazy_freerange | LinkedIn: @lenoreskenazy | Website: https://www.freerangekids.com/) Links Instagram: @letgroworg LinkedIn: @letgrow Join Let Grow (free!): https://letgrow.org/join Facebook Group: Raising Independent Kids Facebook Group Book: Free Range Kids: How Parents and Teachers Can Let Go and Let Grow Lenore's TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whaesnYloMQ Subscribe to TED Instagram: @ted YouTube: @TED TikTok: @tedtoks LinkedIn: @ted-conferences Website: ted.com Podcasts: ted.com/podcasts For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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