Does your child have any freedom? Here's the problem for our kids in the modern era: They don't have enough freedom to creatively think and learn on their own. For most of human history, our children learned through exploration and unstructured activity - free play. The amount of free play opportunity for our children has nearly disappeared. School has become the fixture for where children spend time, and outside events have become carefully orchestrated parent-led activities. This is a problem. And it can fairly simply be broken down as a lack of freedom: A lack of freedom to explore. A lack of freedom to try new things. A lack of freedom to make mistakes and deal with the natural consequences. The result is a lack of child contentment and competency in the most comfortable time in human history. It's a real problem. How do you feel about these comments by Dr. Gray, and what can be done about it? Speaker: Peter Gray Source: We Took Play Out of Schools and Now Kids Are Miserable - Peter Gray | Dad Saves America