Screens Are Not So Scary, Reducing Autonomy Is: Restoring Childhood With Dr. Peter Gray | Ep. 181

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Why are so many children and teens struggling with anxiety, depression, and school refusal right now? And why are so many of them PDA? I have been carrying these questions for years, and Dr. Peter Gray's new book Restoring Childhood gave me a framework I did not have before. Dr. Peter Gray is a research professor of psychology and neuroscience at Boston College, founder of the nonprofit Let Grow, and author of Free to Learn and, just published this month, Restoring Childhood , How to Set Kids Free in the Age of Anxiety. In this episode we talk about what play actually is and why it matters for development, why the evidence does not support that screens and social media are the primary…