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From Free-Range Kids to Helicopter Parents: What Happened?

Sent to the store alone. Smoked around indoors. Hitchhiked without question. Rob Breakenridge and Shane Hewitt dig into the cultural whiplash of growing up in the 70s and how today’s parents — often the same kids from back then — became so risk-averse.

From Sesame Street memories to real-world parenting shifts, the conversation blends humor with insight. Then it turns serious, touching on Canada’s trade surplus hype, floor crossings in Parliament, and Trump’s latest threat to Canadian potash exports. What seems like nostalgia leads directly to how global…

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