Thursday, March 05, 2020

Schools Renormalize Raising Adults | Intellectual Takeout

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"Many of us are old enough to remember how childhood used to be. 

  • Our afternoons were spent outside playing with the neighborhood kids—no adults or cell phones in sight. 
  • Sometimes we got hurt, with occasional scraped knees or hurt egos, but we worked it out. 
  • We always knew we could go home. 
  • We had paper routes, mowed lawns, ran errands, and babysat at ages much earlier than we allow our own kids. 

What happened to childhood in just a generation that now prompts neighbors to call the police when they see an eight-year-old walking her dog?...
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