Commentary
Studies suggest that today’s kids get an average of 4–7 minutes of unstructured time outside a day, while they spend 7–8 hours a day in front of screens.
Opinion
Opinion
7 Minutes Outside: The Collapse of Childhood Play
Kids are getting just 4–7 minutes a day of unstructured outdoor play. Overscheduling and anxiety are wreaking havoc on America’s youngest generation.
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Hannah Frankman Hood
Author
Hannah Frankman Hood is the founder of renegadeEducator. She grew up homeschooled and skipped college to go straight into the startup world, and has now been working in alternative education for almost 10 years. She was previously a Program Manager at Praxis, a Hazlitt Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education, and an instructor at The Objective Standard institute.
