Jay GriffethsThis is part of the answer to the riddle ofchildhood unhappiness: their minds need, and deserve, a whole world of utterly unfenceable freedom where everything has othering, everything is radiant with the possibilities ofelseness.
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The riddle of childhood unhappiness is a riddle that has been answered by numerous psychologists and scientists. The answer is that a child's mind needs, and deserves, a whole world of utterly unfenceable freedom where everything has othering, everything is radiant with the possibilities of elsesness. In other words, children need to be given the space, space to be themselves.
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