If you’ve spent a weekend fretting over getting your kids from a play date to soccer practice, then you might be ready to try Free Range Parenting with Lenore Skenazy. Driven crazy by fears of baby kidnapping, demands of the nanny state and other disapproving parents, Skenazy thinks we all need to lighten up with our parenting. She’s been called “America’s worst mom” for saying that parents should be able to trust public spaces like parks or that children can ride public transport safely. She asks do parents really need to be so anxious?