FEARLESS PARENTING: Learning to love and let go

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Stephanie Thompsonfor The Brooklyn PaperI sometimes rue my decision to give my kids freedom to roam.
Most afternoons over the last number of years, I have tried to make sure I can be available for my boys after school, to make them popcorn and ask about their day. But increasingly, I encourage them not to be here with me at all, but rather to join things, hang out with friends, explore on their own. More and more I schedule things myself so that our old pat