Senior Seminar in Childhood Studies: Children and Play

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ToyBook: Leading toy catalog/magazine

ToyInsider: Review magazine for toys

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Free Range Kids: Website from Lenore Skenazy, 

LetGrow: Non-profit organization advocating for free-range parenting, co-founded by Lenore Skenazy. 

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