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1KHO 650: An Antidote to the Crushing Pace of Childhood | Heather Shumaker, It's Ok Not to Share
What if the most loving thing you could do for your child today is protect their right to play?
In this landmark 650th episode of The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, Ginny Yurich sits down with Heather Shumaker, author of the modern classic It’s OK Not to Share, to talk about why childhood no longer feels like childhood and how we can change that.
Together, Ginny and Heather paint a compelling vision of kids outside for hours, solving their own conflicts, learning impulse control while they wait for the truck or the swing, and discovering that deep, creative play (and not early academics) is what…
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