Brisbane Times
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·1 hour ago
Slow down the school syllabus, it’s producing five-year-old nihilists
A grandfather complains that formal education is robbing children of innocence too quickly. His five-year-old grandson Pip, in school just three months, now dismisses magical thinking and corrects factual errors with adult-like skepticism. The writer laments losing imaginative play and wishes childhood wonder could last longer before cynicism.
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