#Psychologist #PeterGray challenges the idea that #smartphones and #socialmedia caused the youth #mentalhealthcrisis. He argues that decades of #declining #independence, #freeplay and growing #schoolpressure are more damaging. Gray even sees the digital world as a space for autonomy and connection.…
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#Psychologist #PeterGray challenges the idea that #smartphones and #socialmedia caused the youth #mentalhealthcrisis. He argues that decades of #declining #independence, #freeplay and growing #schoolpressure are more damaging. Gray even sees the digital world as a space for autonomy and connection. Researchers remain divided, warning that neither phones nor schools alone can explain the complex mental-health decline. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/07/phones-haidt-play-gray/687846/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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July 12, 2026 at 4:17 AM
#Psychologist #PeterGray challenges the idea that #smartphones and #socialmedia caused the youth #mentalhealthcrisis. He argues that decades of #declining #independence, #freeplay and growing #schoolpressure are more damaging. Gray even sees the digital world as a space for autonomy and connection.…
@PeterGray@mastodon.green shared:
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Me:
I never knew that
It was just a goal of mine
The one I haven't achieved yet is standing up from sitting cross legged using only my legs
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Me:
I never knew that
It was just a goal of mine
The one I haven't achieved yet is standing up from sitting cross legged using only my legs
Try this: The
Putting on your socks and shoes while standing on one leg is a way to evaluate your mobility, balance, core strength, flexibility, and stability....
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September 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
@PeterGray@mastodon.green shared:
www.health.harvard.edu/staying-heal...
Me:
I never knew that
It was just a goal of mine
The one I haven't achieved yet is standing up from sitting cross legged using only my legs
www.health.harvard.edu/staying-heal...
Me:
I never knew that
It was just a goal of mine
The one I haven't achieved yet is standing up from sitting cross legged using only my legs
You might find this article interesting.
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For everyone I think smart phones have got us more connected to the world in both good ways and bad, work emails or school assignments.
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For everyone I think smart phones have got us more connected to the world in both good ways and bad, work emails or school assignments.
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Peter Gray (@petergray)
https://petergray.substack.com/p/69-uk-school-reform-led-to-declines
IN 2014, under the leadership of Michael Gove who was the UK education secretary at the time, the UK government mandated changes i...
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July 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
You might find this article interesting.
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For everyone I think smart phones have got us more connected to the world in both good ways and bad, work emails or school assignments.
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For everyone I think smart phones have got us more connected to the world in both good ways and bad, work emails or school assignments.
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And Peter Grays follow up letter responding to all the comments he received...https://open.substack.com/pub/petergray/p/63-more-on-moral-panics-and-thoughts?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2cp2ag
A brief history of Moral Panic concerning kids and their chosen media by Boston College Professor Peter Gray (research professor of psychology and neuroscience)
#moralpanic #parenting #education #socialmedia
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#moralpanic #parenting #education #socialmedia
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#62. A Brief History of Moral Panics Concerning Kids and Their Chosen Media
The current call to bar kids from online social media is the most recent in a long series of panics about kids and media
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January 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
And Peter Grays follow up letter responding to all the comments he received...https://open.substack.com/pub/petergray/p/63-more-on-moral-panics-and-thoughts?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2cp2ag
Toddlers Want to Help and We Should Let Them*
If allowed to help, toddlers become great work partners later in childhood.nhttps://open.substack.com/pub/petergray/p/74-toddlers-want-to-help-and-we-should
If allowed to help, toddlers become great work partners later in childhood.nhttps://open.substack.com/pub/petergray/p/74-toddlers-want-to-help-and-we-should
#74. Toddlers Want to Help and We Should Let Them*
If allowed to help, toddlers become great work partners later in childhood.
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April 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Toddlers Want to Help and We Should Let Them*
If allowed to help, toddlers become great work partners later in childhood.nhttps://open.substack.com/pub/petergray/p/74-toddlers-want-to-help-and-we-should
If allowed to help, toddlers become great work partners later in childhood.nhttps://open.substack.com/pub/petergray/p/74-toddlers-want-to-help-and-we-should
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We hold our children captive then study the effects of captivity on them. Is it surprising they don’t come out of it well? open.substack.com/pub/petergray/…
#223. Research into Child Psychology is Largely the Study of Effects of Captivity.
School is a captive environment, which distorts the nature of childhood.
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August 5, 2026 at 9:22 AM
We hold our children captive then study the effects of captivity on them. Is it surprising they don’t come out of it well? open.substack.com/pub/petergray/…
March 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“Lord of the Flies is in “The Top 10 Books You Were Forced to Read in School.” It’s a morality tale that fits with a fundamental assumption behind compulsory schooling that kids just make a mess of things if left to their own devices” #Unschool #PeterGray
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#114. Lord of the Flies: A Harmful Distortion of Children’s Nature
Sometimes a fiction is repeated so often that people believe it’s true.
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May 16, 2026 at 7:22 PM
“Lord of the Flies is in “The Top 10 Books You Were Forced to Read in School.” It’s a morality tale that fits with a fundamental assumption behind compulsory schooling that kids just make a mess of things if left to their own devices” #Unschool #PeterGray
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@PeterGray Yes. I hate sports. Except motorcycle racing.
April 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
@PeterGray Yes. I hate sports. Except motorcycle racing.
I’m pre-ordering Peter Gray’s Book ‘Restoring Childhood’ open.substack.com/pub/petergray/…
#116. My New Book: Restoring Childhood.
It will become available September 15, but you can preorder it now.
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May 27, 2026 at 7:44 AM
I’m pre-ordering Peter Gray’s Book ‘Restoring Childhood’ open.substack.com/pub/petergray/…