New York Sun writer, Lenore Skenazy, who last year wore the "Worst Mom in America" crown because she let her 10-year-old son ride the subway alone just came out with a book, Free Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry.
You can download the introduction on Scibd, a way of reading books online. The original article, "Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway" by Skenazy in the Sun is here.