Lenore Skenazy is co-founder and president of Let Grow, a nonprofit promoting childhood independence. Ever since her column “Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone” created a media firestorm, Lenore has been declaring that our kids are smarter and stronger than our culture gives them credit for. She is the author of Free-Range Kids, the book-turned-movement that garnered her the nickname, “America’s Worst Mom.” At Let Grow, Lenore oversees school programs, an online community, and legislative efforts all promoting the idea that when adults step back, kids step up. She lives in New York City with her husband. Their sons have flown the coop, which is good for “proof of concept” purposes…but she misses them.