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The humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow and the developmental psychologist Heinz Werner suggest that the most creative adults, including adult scientists, make full use of the childlike receptivity to the world before engaging in more advanced, rational modes of thought. Rational, goal-directed modes of thinking are valuable, but so too is the childlike delight in the world as it unfolds before us. To devalue the childhood experience is to shortchange thinking itself.

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William Crain

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Reclaiming Childhood

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Jeff Johnson is an early learning trainer, podcaster, and author who founded Explorations Early Learning, Playvolution HQ, and Play Haven.

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