I guess I'd have to say I am an underground grandmother, as my youngest will turn 21 in December. But I was definitely a free-range mother, and do what I can to support my two stepsons & daughters-in-law in fear-free parenting.
Go check out the website, http://www.undergroundmoms.com/
. Some of my favorite moms who blog are there:
What are "Underground Moms?"
Underground Moms are not different from other moms in
most ways: just trying to raise our kids and live our lives. What’s
different is that we try to examine the parenting culture we are
swimming in, a culture that has brought us baby knee pads, professional
babyproofers and prime time specials on child abductions. Not to
mention Baby Einstein. (Do you know what the real Einstein played with
as a child? He built card houses. So much for “educational DVDs”.)
All together, it is a culture that induces unnecessary self-doubt
and fear in parents–fear that our children will be harmed, poisoned,
slowed down, snatched, or bored for even a second. At Underground Moms
we look at where these assumptions come from, which ones merit buying
into and which ones should be fought, for our sake and the sake of our
precious kids. We believe in freeing them from the restrictions that
are baseless, and freeing ourselves from the extra guilt and worry. In other words, it’s a liberation movement! But so far without a good song!
I plan to work my way through the blogs new to me. Go over and take a look.