Articles by Peter Gray, Ph.D.
Play Makes Us Human: Hunter-Gatherers' Playful Parenting
Peter Gray, Ph.D. · Have you ever noticed how we, as a society, use agricultural metaphors to talk about parenting and education? We speak of raising children, just as we speak of raising tomatoes or chickens. We speak of training children, just as we...
Seven Sins of Our System of Forced Education
Peter Gray, Ph.D. · Sometimes I find, no matter how uncomfortable it makes me and others feel, I have to speak the truth. We can use all the euphemisms we want, but the literal truth is that schools, as they generally exist in the United States and other...