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Lenore Skenazy

Lenore Skenazy is president of Let Grow, a nonpartisan group promoting childhood independence and resilience, and founder of the Free-Range Kids movement.

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OPINION: The lightbulb moment that helped students get free lunch when school’s out

Avatar photo by Lenore Skenazy August 22, 2019March 30, 2020

Across the country, students are returning to their desks and, often, their first free lunches since June. But in Providence, Rhode Island, more students than ever are coming back with their bellies full, thanks to an innovative program that began with one simple question posed six years ago: Why weren’t kids coming to the parks […]

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