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Giving childhood back to our children

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Two boys play in a river in Kon Tum Province in Vietnam's Central Highlands in 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Nguyen Ngoc Thai Give childhood back to our children: If we want our offspring to have happy, productive and moral lives, we must allow more time for play, not less. -Peter Gray, U.S. psychology researcher and scholar, … Continue reading Giving childhood back to our children

Of “Summer” & Concentration Camps

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The drawing on the left was done by a child held at a what is euphemistically called "a summer camp" (detention center) in the U.S.  I see a cage. The physical impediment that keeps her prisoner.  The drawing on the right was also created by a child.  Except this child's drawing was made while being held … Continue reading Of “Summer” & Concentration Camps