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A parent who believes their child(ren) is (are) capable of intelligent thought enough to (one or more) 1. reasonably and safely travel, unsupervised, from point A to point B, 2. Play unsupervised for an unspecified period of time with parental worry. 3. Resolve their own problems without resorting to tattle-tailing, snitching, and possibly getting into and out of trouble without a real hitch. They give their children Free-Range by both loving them, but emotionally letting go of their own need to succeed as a parent as it could be tied to the happiness and success of their children.
Mary and Elizabeth are Free-Rangers. They don't meddle in their kids' playtime by being a playmate or falsely buoy them in their accomplishments by giving them a certificate of participation.
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v. Being propositioned by a swinger couple. The etimology of the phrase white rock comes from the urban legend that a house with decorative white rocks in the front is a signal that it is occupied by active swingers, and an open invitation. (see also, swing set)
I can't believe Steven and Josephine white rocked us at the party last night!
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A parent scared of letting their child(ren) out of their sight to travel to/from a neighborhood park, friend's house, community pool or walk to school for fear of being reported to Child Protective Services (CPS), or their child(ren) being picked up (abducted) by the police and delivered to CPS. These parents would normally be fine with letting their children be unsupervised for such excursions, but have been closely monitoring the news of the couple in Maryland who have had ideological clashes with CPS and by extension, the police. This case has sparked a national debate as to whether these parents actually neglected their children in any way, and further, how helicopter parenting has raised a generation of helpless children to adulthood (millennials) who now expect the government and society to protect and coddle them, and who are in turn projecting these values onto modern GenX parents.
Dan and Mary are such free range chickens; they won't let their kids walk to the park anymore. They used to be free-rangers.