Peter Gray’s “Freedom To Learn”

• How Schools Thwart Passions
  “Follow your passion” is what almost every commencement speaker tells new graduates. It’s almost cruel.
• Infants' Instincts to Help, Share, and Comfort
  Children know innately what they must do to develop well. This applies to physical, intellectual, emotional and social development—and also to moral development.
• Toddlers Want to Help and We Should Let Them
  Researchers have found that very young children innately want to help, and they will continue helping into adulthood.