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Episode 74: A recent column in the New York Times, in which a grandmother said she was losing sleep about her 9-year-old granddaughter walking home alone from school, caused quite an uproar on social media.

Host Richard Kyte and Scott Rada discuss how parents often wrongly evaluate risk and how a Japanese TV showΒ builds up confidence in youngsters.

Links to stories discussed during the podcast:

Why "Old Enough" is the show you should be watching right now, by Cady Lang, Time

About the hosts: Scott Rada is social media manager with Lee Enterprises, and Richard Kyte is the director of the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wis.

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