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Gray notes that the tendency of kids to introduce danger and risk into outdoor free play, such as when they climb walls and trees, or skateboard down staircases and railings:
They seem to be dosing themselves with moderate degrees of fear, as if deliberately learning how to deal with both the physical and emotional challenges of the moderately dangerous conditions they generate... All such activities are fun to the degree that they are moderately frightening. If too little fear is induced, the
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― The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
― The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
“
We can’t make love out here. It’s freezing!” Maryanne cried.
A boyishly beseeching look lit up his eyes. “We would heat up quickly.”
“It’s fine for you,” she protested. “You only need one part of your body, and you’ll be sliding that into warmth.
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― Black Silk
― Black Silk
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