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childhood's r&d department, no adults in the boardroom.
means open-ended, self-directed play with no fixed rules or goal, where kids decide what happens next.
from the term rose in developmental psychology mid-20th century, partly as a rebuke to increasingly scheduled, adult-run childhoods full of leagues and lessons.
opposite oforganized sports, structured lessons, adult-led games
buildsexecutive function, more than drills do
decline linked torising anxiety rates in children, some researchers argue
peter graypsychologist who calls its loss a crisis