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One of the Best Documentaries on the Loss and Recovery Of Childhood Independence
“Chasing Childhood” contrasts the play-based childhood of the 1980s with the over-supervised and fearful childhoods of today. It’s great for inspiring…
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Margaret Munzer Loeb
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Eden Wurmfeld
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How Phones Are Making Parents the Anxious Generation
Smartphones are trust blockers for parents
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Lenore Skenazy
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Modern Luddites: On Being a Digital Minimalist Family in a Tech-Saturated World
Advice from the author of Childhood Unplugged
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Katherine Johnson Martinko
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Treating Childhood Anxiety with a Mega-Dose of Independence
What therapists can do to help restore the play-based childhood
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Camilo Ortiz
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A Parents Guide to Understanding the Harms of the Phone-Based Childhood, Along With Ten Tips for Rolling It Back
Introducing Catherine Price, who writes books on fun and on phones, and offers ten tips for helping you and your children scroll less and live more
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Catherine Price
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The Revolution Has Begun in the UK
75,000 UK parents have come together to give their kids a smartphone-free childhood
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daisy greenwell
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How to Delay the Age at Which Kids Get Smartphones
A smartphone-free childhood is easier than you think.
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Melanie Hempe
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Why Kids Need Summer Camp
A 160-year-old solution to a modern mental health crisis
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Steve Baskin
44
Why Children Need Risk, Fear, and Excitement in Play
And why adults’ fears put them at risk
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Mariana Brussoni
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Good News For Anxious Kids (And Parents)
A simple homework project can make your child more ready to face the world.
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Lenore Skenazy
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