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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't click on random links....can you give a synopsis Op?[/quote]

Here is the official synopsis: 
[quote] Chasing Childhood is a feature length documentary that explores a phenomenon affecting kids from a broad range of socioeconomic backgrounds. Free play and independence have all but disappeared, supplanted by relentless perfectionism and record high anxiety and depression. What’s lost goes well beyond our idyllic conceptions of childhood past. When kids don’t play unsupervised by adults, they don’t gain critical life skills: grit, independence, and resourcefulness. Though they may appear more accomplished on paper, by the time they get to college they are often falling apart, lacking the emotional tools to navigate young adulthood. The film explores how we got here and how we might empower our kids. Potential solutions are offered by the leaders of this movement, including former Stanford Dean and author of How to Raise an Adult, Julie Lythcott-Haims, biological psychologist Peter Gray and others.[/quote]

Basically it talked about how structured kids time is with no time for free play and tremendous pressures to be successful for college. Also about how laws may restrict freedom parents can give their kids even when parents judge kid capable of being more independent like taking the subway, etc. the challenges of if you want your kid to have free play but everyone else has their kids in structured activities there are literally no kids available to play with. Along with discussing why play is important for kids. [/quote]

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