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Restoring childhood how to set kids free in the age of anxiety

"Peter Gray shows that kids aren't depressed and anxious because of social media. They're retreating to social media because they lack agency and autonomy in the real world. This is a radical examination of how certain societal trends-from round-the-clock news coverage, to increasing reliance on car...

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Main Author: Gray, Peter (Peter O.) (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Thesis, [2026]
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Children > Social conditions > 21st century.
Child mental health.
Child development.
Play > Psychological aspects.
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Summary:"Peter Gray shows that kids aren't depressed and anxious because of social media. They're retreating to social media because they lack agency and autonomy in the real world. This is a radical examination of how certain societal trends-from round-the-clock news coverage, to increasing reliance on cars, to the introduction of Common Core, to growing wealth inequality-conspired to create a fundamentally anti-child environment. If we want to raise mentally healthy and resilient kids, Gray argues, we must restore childhood to children. We must, individually and collectively, prioritize adult-free play, and the time for it-in our schools, in our neighborhoods, and as parents"--
Physical Description:xix, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9798217046430
Author Notes:Peter Gray is a research professor of psychology and neuroscience at Boston College. He has conducted and published research in neuroendocrinology, developmental psychology, anthropology, and education. He did his undergraduate study at Columbia University and earned a PhD in biological sciences at The Rockefeller University. His current research and writing focus primarily on children's natural ways of learning and the lifelong value of play. He is a founding member of the nonprofit Alliance for Self-Directed Education and one of the founders of the nonprofit Let Grow. He is the author of an internationally acclaimed college introductory psychology textbook ( Psychology , now in its eighth edition), which views all of psychology from an evolutionary perspective, and of Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life .

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