Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2026-02-24
Books mentioned on Selects: How Free Range Parenting Works | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Josh Clark recommended Free to Learn by Peter Gray, and discussed Common sense book of baby and child care by Benjamin Spock.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Free to Learn
Free to Learn by Peter Gray is an insightful educational book exploring the evolutionary importance of self-directed play in children and its critical role in healthy psychological development.
Recommended“There's another guy uh named Peter Gray. He's a developmental psychologist. Um he has a book called Free to Learn and founded a nonprofit, I believe, with uh yeah, Skynazi called Let Grow.”
Where to get it
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Common sense book of baby and child care
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care by Benjamin Spock is a landmark 1946 parenting guide that revolutionized how generations of parents raised their children by advocating for affection, flexibility, and a more relaxed approach to child-rearing.
Discussed“And this whole idea of like freerange kids is kind of based on that philosophy of Dr. Spock who was like one of the first experts, one of the first child experts that America ever really paid attention to. And he wrote a book in 1946 called the common sense book of baby and child.”
Where to get it
