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RESTORING CHILDHOOD
How to Set Kids Free in the Age of Anxiety
The sound of alarm on a change in the way we are raising and educating our kids - and the dire consequences of that shift.
This fascinating and utterly convincing book presents powerful evidence that the constraints we have placed on children's freedom to play and explore, to navigate their world without adult supervision - along with significant changes to our education system - are the primary causes of kids' mental distress. The book also sets out to disprove the paranoia about screens/social media and their link to poor mental health in young people.
Dr. Peter Gray is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Boston College. His current research and writing focus on children's natural ways of learning and the life-long value of play. He is a founding member of the nonprofit Alliance for Self-Directed Education and a founding board member of the nonprofit Let Grow. He is the author of the internationally acclaimed introductory psychology textbook Psychology, now in its 8th edition, which Steven Pinker has used and lauded, first at MIT and then at Harvard; and Free to Learn (Basic Books, 2013), which has been published in 18 languages. He has written for Boston Magazine, Salon, Aeon, Huffington Post, The Independent, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and many others. He has appeared multiple times on NPR, including All Things Considered. He is a frequent podcast guest, and he is often an invited keynote speaker at conferences on play, education, and child development.
Dr. Peter Gray is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Boston College. His current research and writing focus on children's natural ways of learning and the life-long value of play. He is a founding member of the nonprofit Alliance for Self-Directed Education and a founding board member of the nonprofit Let Grow. He is the author of the internationally acclaimed introductory psychology textbook Psychology, now in its 8th edition, which Steven Pinker has used and lauded, first at MIT and then at Harvard; and Free to Learn (Basic Books, 2013), which has been published in 18 languages. He has written for Boston Magazine, Salon, Aeon, Huffington Post, The Independent, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and many others. He has appeared multiple times on NPR, including All Things Considered. He is a frequent podcast guest, and he is often an invited keynote speaker at conferences on play, education, and child development.
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Published 2026-09-15 by Thesis |