The child was 9, not 12. http://www.creators.com/opinion/lenore-skenazy/why-i-let-my-9-year-old-ride-the-subway-alone.html http://www.creators.com/opinion/lenor

The child was 9, not 12. http://www.creators.com/opinion/lenore-skenazy/why-i-let-my-9-year-old-ride-the-subway-alone.html http://www.creators.com/opinion/lenore-skenazy/why-i-let-my-... Futhermore "attachment parenting" is not the antecedent to "helicopter parenting" and certainly does not require constant contact past 1 year of age much less fife.