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Book Club: The Coddling of the American Mind (#41)

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The Importance of Unsupervised Play

"I was hanging out with my friend and like, whatever. I was just like a little gobbler," he says. "My point is like they don't let kids play and just have fun and find out where the boundaries are." He gets suspended from school for two days because of unsupervised play. 'Parents are helicoptering around, just watching their kids 24-7'

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