Creative Wings: Why Art Gives Children the Freedom They Crave

Childhood today looks very different than it did a generation ago. According to an article in The Atlantic by Lenore Skenazy, Zach Rausch, and Jonathan Haidt, kids are growing up in a paradox: they spend hours roaming freely through virtual worlds, but in the real one, their freedom is shrinking. The authors surveyed 500 children across the U.S. and discovered something striking—most kids long for more independence and face-to-face time with friends, but restrictions and parental oversight push