Good work

David, I'm an admirer of your work--your recent Power of Play as well the book you talk about here. I have long been studying play, especially age-mixed play, at an alternative democratically organized school, where children and teenagers learn entirely through their self-initiated play and exploration. I've also conducted a survey concerning play and exploration among children in hunter-gatherer groups. I'm interested in the human nature of play and curiosity and their roles in human development at all ages. As you know, these topics--which should be the biggest topics of all in developmental psychology--receive far too little research attention.

I've got a new Psychology Today blog called Freedom to Learn, which is dealing with some issues that overlap with yours. Its at http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn

For now, I just wanted to introduce myself to you and your readers. I think, as we go along, we will have some things to talk about--in some cases agreement, in others, I suspect, disagreement.

Cheers,
Peter