TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gray,Peter
TI  - Free to learn: why unleashing the instinct to play will make our children happier, more self-reliant, and better students for life 
SN  - 0465025994 (hbk. : alk. paper)
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Developmental psychology
KW  - Play
KW  - Psychological aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-264) and index; Prologue -- What have we done to childhood? -- The play-filled lives of hunter-gatherer children -- Why schools are what they are : a brief history of education -- Seven sins of our system of forced education -- Lessons from sudbury valley : mother nature can prevail in modern times -- The human educative instincts -- The playful state of mind -- The role of play in social and emotional development -- Free age mixing : a key ingredient for children's capacity for self-education -- Trustful parenting in our modern world -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
ER  -