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#80. Socially Prescribed Perfectionism is Harming Our Kids
Perfectionism is a psychological mediator converting achievement pressure to poor mental health.
Jun 15
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Peter Gray
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#79. The Decline of Fun and Rise of Work in Youth Sports
How youth sports evolved from an enjoyable leisure-time activity to yet another source of achievement pressure on kids.
Jun 5
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Peter Gray
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#79. The Decline of Fun and Rise of Work in Youth Sports
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May 2025
What Topics Would You Like to Discuss at Our Monthly Zoom Meetings?
A question for paid subscribers
May 27
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Peter Gray
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Rescheduled Online Meeting for Paid Subscribers
At this meeting, May 31, for paid subscribers, we will discuss what parents can do to enable free play, with other kids, for their kids.
May 20
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Peter Gray
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Rescheduled Online Meeting for Paid Subscribers
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#78. The Total Failure of Common Core State Standards
Common Core has not only caused untold suffering for students, but has failed in its primary mission, to improve scores on academic tests.
May 19
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Peter Gray
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#78. The Total Failure of Common Core State Standards
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#77. Play Out, Don’t Work Out*
Play your way to a happy, healthy, and long life.
May 9
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Peter Gray
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April 2025
#76. Vegetable Gardening Is a Joyful, Healthful Way to Play*
Some doctors, for good reason, prescribe gardening instead of drugs.
Apr 30
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Peter Gray
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#75. The Age Four Transition to Responsible Childhood*
Converging evidence reveals a major shift toward independence around age four.
Apr 24
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Peter Gray
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#75. The Age Four Transition to Responsible Childhood*
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#74. Toddlers Want to Help and We Should Let Them*
If allowed to help, toddlers become great work partners later in childhood.
Apr 17
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Peter Gray
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#73. How Magazines’ Advice to Parents Changed Over a Century*
Views of children shifted from capable and responsible to the opposite.
Apr 6
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Peter Gray
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March 2025
Announcement About April 12 Online Meeting
At this Zoom meeting, for paid subscribers, we will discuss ways to enable free play for children in today’s world.
Mar 29
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Peter Gray
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#72. “The End of Education as We Know It.”
Here I reprint the forward I wrote for a thought-provoking new book by Ida Rose Florez.
Mar 28
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Peter Gray
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#72. “The End of Education as We Know It.”
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