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A place to sit with the questions that keep coming up in this work—and to think through them together.

A closer look at what we normalize in early childhood—and what it costs children.

A conversation about We Are Who We’re Waiting For—and what it asks of us as educators.

A piece to sit with—the slow starvation of childhood, and what we’ve come to accept as enough.
DEY Dialogue (Defending the Early Years)
A conversation about what we’re up against in early childhood—and what it means to stand firmly on the side of children.

A look at how neutrality functions in early childhood—and how it quietly sustains the systems we say we want to change.

A reflection on how care becomes transactional—and what it takes to return to relationship, intention, and humanity in early childhood spaces.

An examination of how power shapes play—and what it means to protect it as a space for children’s freedom

An exploration of how the push for order and compliance can come at the expense of children’s autonomy, curiosity, and joy.

A rethinking of what children actually need to thrive—and how systems, policies, and everyday practices often stand in the way of those needs being met.
A rethinking of how we respond to weapon play—moving beyond automatic prohibition and toward conversations about consent, boundaries, and care within children’s imaginative worlds.

The Play Lab Foundation Oak Park, Illinois theplaylabfoundation@gmail.com 312-909-8740