It Started Here: Free Range Kids Is Becoming Law https://www.nysun.com/national/it-started-here-free-range-kids-is-becoming-law/91519/ Loyal readers of The New York Sun might recall my column from 13 years ago headlined Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone. The Editor of the Sun estimates it is the second most widely reprinted newspaper piece after another Sun classic, Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus. My piece appeared on April 1, 2008, but it wasnt a joke. It was to explain why I thought it was not only fine for my son to take the subway, but fine for parents everywhere to give their kids some independence when they think their kids are ready for it.