Dr Peter Gray, Psychology Today, 23 July 2022. Reposted 20 Aug 2022.
Schools produce anxiety and depression and then hire counsellors to reduce them. Gray challenges school systems to do an experiment. In one condition, continue with standard practice. In the second condition, hire more therapists. In the third condition, cut homework or eliminate it, reduce the emphasis on testing, and most important, include at least one full hour of truly free play at school every day. Gary bets that the third group will show the greatest improvement in mental health with no loss (and maybe even a gain) in measures of academic performance.
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