Gondwanaland: a moral panic-free zone
My birthday is coming up, and I'm holding a fundraiser for the Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO), a nonprofit that promotes and supports Philosophy for Children (p4c) programs in schools.
Over the past few decades we've increasingly seen children treated like infants, adolescents like children, and young adults like adolescents. Children are discouraged from an early age from thinking about big questions, which adults all too often deride as silly. Yet a capacity for philosophical thinking is essential for people to participate meaningfully in democracy. I am glad that my parents didn't discourage such thinking, and that there were a lot of books in the house that stimulated it. But I know many children aren't as fortunate. I hope you will join me in supporting PLATO in their work helping today's young people to develop into thoughtful citizens
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