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  • Our Overcautious Society is Hurting Children

    Our Overcautious Society is Hurting Children0

    I walked by my childhood playground a few months ago. The massive wood structure, steep slides, and high swings were gone, replaced by a much smaller – and safer – set of plastic equipment. Such a change is a common occurrence these days – after all, we want our kids to be safe, right? But

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  • Our Over-Controlled Society is Damaging Children’s Social Skills

    Our Over-Controlled Society is Damaging Children’s Social Skills0

    Have you ever wondered what happened to the days when children could roam through the neighborhood, building forts in empty lots, walking to the store a half mile away, and inventing all sorts of games to play up and down the block? According to Angela Hanscom’s column in today’s Washington Post, well-intentioned caution has caused

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  • Our Narcissistic Age Could Use Some ‘Casablanca’ Values

    Our Narcissistic Age Could Use Some ‘Casablanca’ Values0

    Casablanca never could have been made today. The classic movie, which turned seventy-five this year, features themes that would never fly in today’s world: that personal happiness is not the most important goal; that feelings ought to be ignored at times; and that romantic love isn’t always worth pursuing. Talk about retro values. In case

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  • Our Modern World’s Inability to Understand Fairy Tales

    Our Modern World’s Inability to Understand Fairy Tales0

    It’s not fair. This refrain—so quick to be invoked by young children, who seem to develop a thirst for justice very young indeed—may seem like a curious place to begin in defense of fairy tales. But let me explain. But to backtrack a little further first—well, the latest salvo against fairy tales comes from two Hollywood

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  • Our Modern Existential Dilemma Dissolved With Francis Schaeffer

    Our Modern Existential Dilemma Dissolved With Francis Schaeffer5

    The angst felt by philosophers, the meaninglessness faced by even the greatest modern artists and musicians, and the rampant drug use and trail of despair and nihilism writ large in Western culture since the 1960s are some of the more obvious signs of the crisis faced by modern people. But the cause of this crisis—the

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  • Our IQs Are Shrinking (A Lot), Study Finds

    Our IQs Are Shrinking (A Lot), Study Finds1

    There is a tendency for man to think one’s own generation is the smartest to ever strut the Earth. “Each generation,” Orwell quipped, “imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.” This tendency likely is even more acute for those who’ve

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