Imagine living in a country where free-range parenting isn’t something you have to fight to do… It’s expected!
http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/so-im-envious/
and…
I wonder how some over-protective American parents would react to the thought of sending their pre-schoolers to this type of pre-school in northern Europe (link provided by my fabulous Norwegian sister-in-law):
I have been having the fantasy of raising my kids in Europe for the exact same reasons! Being a teacher in the States, I have also had the fantasy of teaching in a European preschool as well. I have only recently realized just how restrictive we are in the States! The teaching fantasy grows as the list of restrictions I know about grows…
This is kind of a baby-step version from the US with a bit older kids. http://www.parentdish.com/2010/12/28/teacher-assigns-extra-credit-project-for-sixth-graders-grow-up/