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Fifth of July Reflections about Independence Day
Children need independence to grow.
Jul 5
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June 2026
#120. If Schools Were Designed to Prepare People for Life, What Lessons Would Be Taught?
Here are readers’ thoughts and my thoughts about this question.
Jun 29
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Peter Gray
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#119. What School Lessons Might Be Useful as Training for Life?
I’m asking here for your thoughts, to contribute to my next letter.
Jun 22
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Peter Gray
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#118. A Teacher’s Passionate Search
In this guest essay, Bernhard Warsitz describes the thinking, feeling, touring, and interviewing that led to his documentary film.
Jun 18
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Peter Gray
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Register Here for June 20 Online Meeting
We will begin with a question about what school success actually measures and then go to “Ask Me Anything.”
Jun 14
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Peter Gray
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#117. New Data on the Chaining of Children and Teens
Fourteen-year-olds today have less outdoor freedom than 5-year-olds had a few decades ago.
Jun 8
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Peter Gray
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Some Upcoming Events
Webinar this Wednesday, AERO presentation June 11, reservation for 2027 Scottish Adventure, and a Big Think article.
Jun 2
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Peter Gray
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May 2026
#116. My New Book: Restoring Childhood.
It will become available September 15, but you can preorder it now.
May 26
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Peter Gray
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#115. Woodland Creatures at Play
What I discovered on a walk in the woods near my home
May 23
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Peter Gray
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#114. Lord of the Flies: A Harmful Distortion of Children’s Nature
Sometimes a fiction is repeated so often that people believe it’s true.
May 16
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Peter Gray
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Register Here for May 23 Online Meeting
This will be an "ask me anything" meeting.
May 15
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Peter Gray
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#113. Conflict Is the Curriculum
A guest post by Laura Kriegel, Founder of Camp Stomping Ground
May 9
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Peter Gray
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