Susan Linn, co-founder of the Campaign for a Commerical-Free Childhood and author of "Consuming Kids" was in California this month for her new book tour, "The Case For Make-Believe." She lectured on the importance of unstructured play. Play should be valued. And I'm not talking about "interactive/educational" computer games, Leapfrog, etc. I'm talking about playing in the dirt and using your imagination. I'm talking about using a stick as a magical wand instead of the plastic sold by Warner Bros. and creating your own story. Linn introduced me to her puppet, Audrey the Duck. Utilizing her ventriloquism skills, Linn helps Audrey connect and play with numerous children at Judge Baker Children's Hospital. I vouch that its very hilarious and fun.
During her visit, Linn and I also conversed frequently about subjects ranging from parental concern (I've always been a little worried by the swaths of parents sucked in by the Challenger ads featuring a child scribbling and the phrase, "Play based pre-schools sell your child short." or "She's composing her Ivy Leage admissions essay now.") to Harry Potter. She's a huge fan (and pointed out to me that in the fifth book Petunia is referring to Snape when she overheard that horrid boy tell Lily about Azkaban). She recommend that I read "Feed" by M.T. Anderson, which I am in turn recommending to all of you. The idea of the novel is a society in which there's literally a feed of information planted inside everyone's brain. There's never any need to study because all the world's knowledge can be transmitted. There's no point in learning. Plus whenever you see items you like, the feed will tell you the price of it and the store you can purchase the item from. It's very unusual, a cross-breed between Ender's Game and 1984. Check it out and be sure to visit http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/
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