Updated 2023-01-16

School-Related Stress and Anxiety: End the Suffering

Is school an underlying driver for the mental health crisis among young people? Let’s talk about what we can do!
Liberated Learners organizer
All Events
Jan 31, 2023, 7:00pm — Jan 31, 2023, 8:00pm EST
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Description

Dr. Peter Gray, researcher and author of Free to Learn, will present research explaining how increased school pressure combined with the decline in opportunities for self-chosen, self-directed activities impacts children’s mental health. Dr. Gray will discuss ways we can address this problem, for our own children as well as our communities and larger society. Q&A will follow.

This is an online event via Zoom. Please register to receive the sign-on link. Pay what you want donations help us defray the cost of the event.

This event is organized by Embark Center for Self-Directed Education, a center in the Liberated Learners network. To see the list of centers currently in the network, visit the Liberated Learners website.

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