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SPRING 2008


Research shows that play is essential to healthy social, emotional, and academic development, but kids today are doing less and less of it. This issue of Greater Good explores why play is so importantfor kids and adults and how we can bring it back.

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Let's Play! Why We Need to Have More Fun

Can We Play?
Play is essential to positive human development, but kids are playing less and less, says psychologist David Elkind. What can we do to build a new culture of play?
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Games Animals Play
Animal play is serious business, say scientists Lee Alan Dugatkin and Sarina Rodrigues.
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Confessions of an Anxious Parent
Are today’s parents afraid to let their kids play? Jill Suttie tries to strike a balance between safety, freedom, and success.
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The Wild Ones
Adults have always tried to control children’s play. But Howard P. Chudacoff argues that the kids will always win.
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Playing the Blame Game
Video games stand accused of causing obesity, violence, and lousy grades. But new research paints a surprisingly complicated picture, reports Jeremy Adam Smith.
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With Friends Like These...
Marjorie Taylor and Alison B. Shawber explain what imaginary friends can reveal about the kids who create them.
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You’re It!
Play isn’t just for kids, reports Karen Solomon.
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Grand Theft Childhood?
A Greater Good panel on the surprising truths about violent video games

Join Greater Good staff and contributors for an event to celebrate its Spring 2008 issue on play. A panel discussion will explore the newest research on video game play and discuss the guidelines this research suggests for parents, teachers, kids, and the people who create the games.


Another award nomination for Greater Good.

We're thrilled (again) to announce that Greater Good has been nominated for a prestigious Maggie Award as Best Quarterly Magazine of 2007. The Maggies are given out every year by the Western Publications Association to honor the best publications based west of the Mississippi. Winners will be announced in May.


Greater Good nominated for Independent Press Award

We are thrilled to announce that Greater Good has been nominated by the Utne Reader for one of Utne's 2007 Independent Press Awards, in the category of "Best Social/Cultural Coverage." This is Greater Good's second Independent Press Award nomination.


Event on "The 21st Century Family"

Watch the video from Greater Good's October 17th event on "The 21st Century Family," featuring historian Stephanie Coontz, psychologists Philip and Carolyn Cowan, and therapist Joshua Coleman.


Greater Good on KPFA

Greater Good managing editor Jeremy Adam Smith and sociologist Constance Ahrons discuss Greater Good's "21st Century Family" issue on the radio show "Sunday with Peter Laufer."


The Science of a Meaningful Life

Listen to the audio from Greater Good's August 19th event on "The Science of a Meaningful Life."


Read the Greater Good Blog

For regular updates on the science of altruism and compassion, please visit the Greater Good blog.


Greater Good event: "Psychology of the Bystander," with Philip Zimbardo

Watch a panel discussion that discusses articles from the Fall/Winter 2006-07 issue of Greater Good, featuring legendary psychologist Philip Zimbardo (Stanford Prison Experiment) and New Orleans Times-Picayune photographer Ted Jackson.


Greater Good at the Vancouver Dialogues with the Dalai Lama

Greater Good Co-Editor Dacher Keltner spoke on Happiness and Stress as Determinants of Mental Health (morning session) at the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education. View the archived multi-media webcast here.


Greater Good event on empathy in America, with Arlie Hochschild

Watch the webcast of this event, which celebrated the Fall/Winter 2005-06 issue of Greater Good. The issue and event focused on why and how we feel empathy, and they both featured noted sociologist Arlie Hochschild.


Greater Good in the San Francisco Chronicle

Greater Good was recently profiled in the San Francisco Chronicle. Read the article here.


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