291: Has the Lack of Independent Play Led to the Children’s Mental Health Crisis? w/Dr. Peter Gray
Dr. Peter Gray from Boston College, discusses the article: Decline in Independent Activity as a Cause of Decline in Children’s Mental Wellbeing: Summary of the Evidence published with David Lancy and David Bjorklund. We talk about the causes of the rise in mental disorders for children, and spoiler…
34. Fatherhood, Parenting; Transference in Psychotherapy
Danny has mixed emotions about Father's Day. He's trying to balance his needs with the demands of parenting and wants to hear more about fatherhood. He's also curious if being psychiatrists changes our views on parenting.
Michelle (34:30) is a newly minted therapist and has questions about the ro…
149. How Popular Musicians Learn by Lucy Green
A lot of the classic expertise research, especially the research about deliberate practice and the "10,000 hour rule", is inspired by K. Anders Ericcson's study of violinists at the Berlin Conservatory. However, we have seen before how misleading sampling a particular culture and generalising the f…
Is the Mental Health Crisis in Youth from a Lack of Independence?
Segment 4, October 28th, 2023
A recent study by Peter Gray, a researcher in psychology & neuroscience at Boston College joined with David Bjorklund from Florida Atlantic University & David Lancy, an anthropologist & professor from Utah State argues that the crisis that has befallen U.S. youth can …
178. Do Kids Need More Independence?
Are modern parents too protective? Why do we worry so much about things that almost never happen? And how did Mike learn about bus stops?
SOURCES:
David Bjorklund, professor of psychology at Florida Atlantic University.
Peter Gray, professor of psychology at Boston College.
David Lancy, profess…
Learning Parenting Skills from Other Cultures + The Art of Ignoring
David Lancy, author of Raising Children.
Topic: Surprising insights from other cultures.
Issues: Culture and infancy; questions about infant attachment; children playing and learning; protection vs. suppression; going to school; consequence of raising “unique individuals”; major differences between…
Schoolishness: Why School Gets in the Way of Learning w/ Dr. Susan Blum
My guest today is Dr. Susan Blum. Susan Blum is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of I Love Learning; I Hate School and My Word!, as well as the editor of Ungrading.
Her new book, Schoolishness: Alienated Education, and the Quest for Au…
Varieties of childhood
Childhood is a special time, a strange time. Children are adored and catered to—they're given their own menus and bedrooms. They're considered delicate and precious, and so we cushion them from every imaginable risk. Kids are encouraged to play, of course—but very often it's under the watchful eye …
From the archive: Varieties of childhood
Hi friends! We're taking a bit of a summer pause. We'll be back soon—in the meanwhile, enjoy this listener favorite from our archives!
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[originally aired July 10, 2025]
Childhood is a special time, a strange time. Children are adored and catered to—they're given their own menus and bedrooms…
The natural history of linguistic diversity
Thousands of languages are used around the world today, and this linguistic diversity is a precious part of our human heritage. But it's also more than that. Linguistic diversity provides clues—a vast crazy quilt of clues—about how language works, about how history has unfolded, about the dynamics …
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