Why Do We Keep Underestimating Kids?

By: Intellectual Takeout - May 26, 2023

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Child protection laws and policies that determine at what age kids can do things on their own are often wildly out of whack with actual child development — and grossly underestimate kids’ capabilities.

That’s not just ME saying that. (Even …

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