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#57. The Good Enough Parent Is the Best Parent
The attempt to be a perfect parent, or even a great one, is futile and possibly harmful.
Oct 31
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Responses to Comments Concerning the Harm of Intensive Parenting Beliefs
I respond here to questions about the definition of intensive parenting, why it is harmful, the difference between care for little kids and older ones…
Oct 23
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#56. Intensive Parenting Is Harming Parents as Well as Kids
Reflections provoked by the U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Mental Health of Parents
Oct 17
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#55. What Do Kids at a Center for Self-Directed Education Do on Their Smartphones?
A Guest Post from Ben Draper at the Macomber Center
Oct 9
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Peter Gray
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#54. Social Norms, Moral Judgments, and Irrational Parenting
Fear of being viewed as a "bad parent" may lead parents to leash their kids even when they know the leash is harmful.
Oct 3
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Peter Gray
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September 2024
#53. Parents’ Fear of CPS is a Major Deterrent to Kids’ Freedom
State child protective procedures can lead to the harassment of parents for doing the right thing.
Sep 24
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Peter Gray
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Responses to Comments on “Children’s Rights and Adults’ Wrongs”
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Sep 16
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Peter Gray
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#52. Children’s Rights and Adults’ Wrongs
Over recent decades we have increasingly deprived kids of basic human rights.
Sep 12
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Peter Gray
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Responses to Comments Concerning the Common Core Hypothesis for Increased U.S. Teen Suffering
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Sep 5
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Peter Gray
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August 2024
Letter #51. Common Core Is the Main Cause of Youth Mental Health Deterioration Since 2010.
Multiple lines of evidence indicate that Common Core increased dramatically the distress caused by schooling.
Aug 28
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Peter Gray
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Letter #50. The Origin and Harm of Federal Education Mandates
No Child Left Behind Act by Common Core made U.S. schools far less pleasant for all.
Aug 21
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Peter Gray
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Letter #49. How Effective Are Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Programs in Schools?
Research shows that effects of such programs are small and sometimes in the opposite of the desired direction.
Aug 13
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Peter Gray
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