I've been NPR listner for over 30 yrs. hehe...

quit listening to it since Paris shooting. It's getting too liberal.  i consider myself a well informed and trendy parent.

I don't push my kid's academic, and my kid is very independent.  He has been work to earn his spending money since 9th grade.  He travels around world all on his own money. I don't really see making independent living is a  hard thing for my kid, it's natural.