Welcome to my website. I'm a research professor at Boston College, in Psychology and Neuroscience, whose work focuses primarily on children's natural ways of learning and the value of play from an evolutionary perspective. This site includes pages where you can download some of my academic articles, find out about books I've authored, and view videos of some of my talks.

I'm on the right. The cute one on the left is my brother Steve. Our grandmother dressed us up for this. Tinker Toys then were what LEGO are today.

I invite you also to subscribe to my substack Play Makes Us Human, follow me on facebook, and take a look at the websites of the nonprofit organizations Let Grow and Alliance for Self-Directed Education, which I helped to start.

What's New?

My new book, Restoring Childhood:

Read about it and order it here, on my book page. If you have read the book, I invite you to provide a message here about what you are doing (or gearing up to do) to restore childhood.

I am interviewed on Hidden Brain

Now move on to the content pages of this site.

Curriculum Vitae

Peter's Website on Play, Child Development, and Education

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