Lenore Skenazy On Childhood Independence, How Fear Spreads, And Why Free-Range Is Not Neglect
Lenore Skenazy is the president and co-founder of Let Grow, the nonprofit she started with Jonathan Haidt, Peter Gray, and Daniel Shuchman to make childhood independence easy, normal, and legal again. In 2008, she let her 9-year-old son ride the New York City subway home alone, wrote a column ...
Not Getting in the Way of Agency: How Parents Can Support Their Kids
Host Bria Bloom is joined by Antonio Buehler and Peter Gray to discuss how parents, and facilitators, can support and partner with young people to shift their relationships from hierarchy to partnership, and the challenges that can get in the way.
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Parents: Keep Out!
If you’re a parent or a teacher, you’ve probably wondered how to balance play and safety for the kids in your care. You don’t want to put children in danger, but you also don’t want to rob them of the joy of exploration. This week, we revisit a favorite conversation with psychologist Peter Gray. ...
Parents: Keep Out!
If you're a parent or a teacher, you've probably wondered how to balance play and safety for the kids in your care. You don't want to put children in danger, but you also don't want to rob them of the joy of exploration. This week, we talk with psychologist Peter Gray about how this balance has c...
Teen Anxiety: Stop Blaming the Phone (Dr. Peter Gray)
If the biggest fight in your house this week was about the phone, you’re in good company. Here’s the surprise. According to psychologist Dr. Peter Gray, the phone may not be what’s stressing your teen out most. In this episode of Parenting Teens with Dr. Cam, I talk with Dr. Gray, author of Resto...
35. The Nightfly with Steve Gaul - Peter Gray Nov 2026
Steve chats with Newy legend, bassist Peter Gray
What Have We Done to Our Children?
Research shows that having the freedom to express the joy of play with their peers encourages children to explore and learn about themselves in an empowering way. This is echoed in the animal kingdom as well. Why then, do today's kids have anxiety, depression and alarmingly suicidal thoughts? ...
Restoring Childhood and Setting Our Kids Free with Peter Gray
We are all about expanding perspectives here at The Perfect Child Podcast which is why I was particularly delighted to sit down with Peter Gray to discuss his new book, Restoring Childhood: How to Set Kids Free In the Age of Anxiety.
After much extensive research, which he lays out in the book, ...
Hedge Fund-Level Yields for Everyday Users
Peter Gray, BD Manager at Origin Protocol, shares what it looks like to build and maintain trust in a DeFi protocol that has been running yield-bearing products since before most of the space understood what that meant. He explains how the Automated Redemption Manager creates yield opportunities;...
The Fear of Boredom Is the Fear of Your Own Mind
🎙️ What happens when you stop reaching for the phone and simply sit with nothing? Dr. Pedram Shojai explores the surprising science of boredom and why it is not the absence of something but a motivational signal worth listening to. Drawing on John Eastwood, Sandi Mann, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, ...
