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Good Old-Fashioned Play Is the Solution for Today’s Unhappy Youths

What children get from play is almost everything they need to not feel lonely, bored, helpless, and unhappy. 

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More unstructured play, and less screen time, can make young Americans happier. Ksenia Chernaya via Pexels.com
LENORE SKENAZY
LENORE SKENAZY

Americans  — “particularly those under 30 — have become drastically less happy in recent years,” the New York Times reported this week. 

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LENORE SKENAZY
LENORE SKENAZY

Ms. Skenazy is president of Let Grow, a contributing writer at Reason.com, and author of "Has the World Gone Skenazy?"

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