Kristen Bell & Dax Shepard Let Their Kids “Free-Range” for 7 Hours!
Kristen Bell and hubby Dax Shepard went to Copenhagen and let their kids “Free-Range” — yep, that’s the term Kristen uses — for seven hours!
Kristen tells Jimmy Kimmel that her kids, 11 and 9, roamed the Tivoli Gardens theme park by themselves:
No kids for 7 hours was “heaven”!
The free time spent sipping coffee and playing cards was “heaven,” Kristen says. And as the star of The Good Place, she knows whereof she speaks!
As do we! Independence is great for KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS!
This Huffington Post piece on Kristen’s bold move links to some practical advice: Ours! Our Let Grow programs for parents and for schools make this kind of trust and confidence normal again. And all our materials are free!
Yes, you can be as Let Grow/Free-Range/relaxed (though perhaps not quite as rich or good-looking) as Dax and Kristen.
What’s good for the kids is good for the parents.
Kristen talked about the joy of spending a big chunk of free time with her spouse. But as the HuffPo wisely added, “It also gave their kids an opportunity to practice navigating the world without their parents overseeing their every move.”
And then there’s a quote from yours truly, who says it to you all the time:
“The only thing that I’ve seen that really rewires parents and allows them to start being Dax-and-Kristen-like is doing it. You have to actually let go at least once, and when the kids come back and they’re excited — or they screwed up and they forgot to get the change but it’s OK and everybody has a laugh — that rewires the parent.”
You don’t have to go to Denmark to rewire! Just try stepping back a little — and prepare to be amazed. Good luck! Tell us (and, if possible, Jimmy Kimmel) your story!
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