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#81. A Brief History of Education*

#80. Socially Prescribed Perfectionism is Harming Our Kids

#79. The Decline of Fun and Rise of Work in Youth Sports

What Topics Would You Like to Discuss at Our Monthly Zoom Meetings?

Rescheduled Online Meeting for Paid Subscribers

#78. The Total Failure of Common Core State Standards

#77. Play Out, Don’t Work Out*

#76. Vegetable Gardening Is a Joyful, Healthful Way to Play*

#75. The Age Four Transition to Responsible Childhood*

#74. Toddlers Want to Help and We Should Let Them*

#73. How Magazines’ Advice to Parents Changed Over a Century*

Announcement About April 12 Online Meeting

#72. “The End of Education as We Know It.”

#71. Mental Health Consequences of an Obsession with Schooling and Test Scores: The Case of South Korea

#70. More Evidence that Government-Imposed School “Reforms” Increase Student Suffering: The Case of Sweden.

#69. UK School “Reform” Led to Declines in School Satisfaction and Mental Wellbeing

Announcement About March 22 Online Meeting

#68. The Culture of Childhood: We’ve Almost Destroyed It

#67. Must Moms Be Everything to Their Kids?

Recording of Zoom Meeting About Causes of Changes in Teen Mental Health from 1950 to Now

Registration Information for Feb. 22 Meeting Open to Paid Subscribers

#66. Did I Have “Fishing Disorder” When I Was Eleven Years Old?

Letter #65. The False Analogy Between Problematic Internet Use and Drug Addiction

Follow-up to Possibility of Online Live Discussions

Possibility of Periodic Online Live Discussions of Ideas from "Play Makes Us Human"

#64. Six Reasons Why the Terms “Addiction” and “Disorder” Interfere with Understanding and Treating Problematic Internet Use

#63. More on Moral Panics and Thoughts About When to Ban Smartphones

#62. A Brief History of Moral Panics Concerning Kids and Their Chosen Media