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In 1930, a White House conference of 3,000 childhood development experts from around the United States issued “The Children’s Charter,” a declaration of national policy which stated that every child, “wherever he may live under the protection of the American flag,” has “the right of comradeship, of play, and of joy,” the right to a community that “provides him with safe and wholesome places to play and recreation,” and the right to “wholesome physical and mental recreation, with teachers and leaders adequately trained.”

Quote ID: 02745

Author

Pasi Sahlberg, William Doyle

Source

Let The Children Play

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