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Flaco the Owl Shows the Way for Helicopter Parents — and Zookeepers

The experts feared he couldn’t survive on his own and desperately tried to make him come home. Yet Flaco was born to fly.

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A Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco at New York's Central Park, February 6, 2023. AP/Seth Wenig, file
LENORE SKENAZY
LENORE SKENAZY

Meet Flaco, the “Free-Range Kid” … who happens to be an owl.

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LENORE SKENAZY
LENORE SKENAZY

Ms. Skenazy is president of Let Grow, a contributing writer at Reason.com, and author of "Has the World Gone Skenazy?"

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