free-range
English
editAdjective
editfree-range (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, or produced by animals that are allowed to roam freely, rather than being confined indoors.
- Sorry, we've been short of free-range chicken since demand rose.
- (figurative) Allowed to move about outdoors without supervision.
- 2015, Jennifer Miskec, Annette Wannamaker, The Early Reader in Children’s Literature and Culture, →ISBN:
- While I have not found corroboration for King's claim, Ivy and Bean series author Annie Barrows has acknowledged that there is a delicate balancing act involved in representing free-range children today
- Relating to a hands-off parenting style in which children are allowed to go out and explore alone.
- 2019, Gayle Kimball, How Global Youth Values Will Change Our Future, page 95:
- To correct helicopter parenting, critics have proposed slow parenting, simplicity parenting, and free-range parenting.
Translations
editpertaining to animals that are allowed to roam freely
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Further reading
edit- Free-range parenting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia