We Taught Kids That Solitude Is Punishment
How teaching children that being grounded is a punishment quietly programs them to fear solitude and lose the one skill that makes everything else possible.
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Grounded Is Not a Punishment. It's the Only Power That Matters.
We teach children that being grounded is punishment, wiring them to flee solitude. This editorial argues groundedness is humanity's most essential power.
Grounded Is Not a Punishment. It's the Only Power That Matters.
Being 'grounded' is taught as punishment, but groundedness is the most powerful human capacity. This editorial argues we've been training children to fear solitude.