Children Need the Wind | Rebuilding Offline Independence against Play-Based Declines.DE

Kian Tate

ISBN 10: 3565410663 / ISBN 13: 9783565410668

Published by epubli, 2026

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Children Need the Wind | Rebuilding Offline Independence against Play-Based [.] | Kian Tate | Taschenbuch | Englisch | epubli | EAN 9783565410668 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Neopubli GmbH (Imprint: epubli), Köpenicker Str. 154a, 10997 Berlin, produktsicherheit[at]epubli[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Children Need the Wind | Rebuilding Offline Independence against Play-Based Declines.DE
• Publisher: epubli
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3565410663
• ISBN 13: 9783565410668
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 12W x 210H x 297D millimeters 12 millimeters width by 210 millimeters height by 297 millimeters depth
• Weight: 539 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Something foundational to human childhood began to quietly disappear in the 1990s — and its absence accelerated into a crisis that became visible only a generation later. Unstructured, unsupervised free play, the primary medium through which children have always learned risk, autonomy, conflict resolution, and self-regulation, declined sharply across Western societies as parental fear, extended school hours, structured extracurriculars, and eventually digital screens colonized every margin of childhood time. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, drawing on decades of research, identified the resulting pattern as a civilizational trade: children were overprotected in the physical world and systematically underprotected in the digital one — a double abandonment disguised as care. The developmental consequences are measurable and deep. Studies tracking children longitudinally found that greater self-structured, free-play time in early childhood predicted significantly better executive functioning, emotional control, and self-regulation years later — with the relationship holding even after controlling for other variables. Children who spent more time in adventurous, unsupervised outdoor play during elementary school years reported greater social success, higher self-esteem, and better psychological and physical health in adulthood. Conversely, sustained moderate-to-severe play deprivation in the first decade of life correlates with depression, poorer self-control, difficulty adapting to change, fragile interpersonal relationships, and a greater tendency toward addiction.