Helene Guldberg is co-founder and director of the online publication spiked, associate lecturer in child development at the Open University and teacher at the US study abroad centre, CAPA.
Helene is author of Just Another Ape?, published by Societas in September 2010.
‘An essential antidote to our narcissistic over-identification with our fellow apes’.
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Her previous book, Reclaiming Childhood: Freedom and Play in an Age of Fear, was published by Routledge in January 2009.
‘A lovely blend of developmental theory and up-to-date research, a deep knowledge of children, and good old common sense. This bracing book is a gift to children everywhere.‘
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Recent articles
Monday 16 January 2012
Ignore these pedlars of panic - the kids are all right
Report after report tells us that children are sad, lost and in need of expert intervention. Real-world evidence suggests otherwise.
Thursday 24 November 2011
Anti-bullying campaigns: doing more harm than good?
ESSAY: Of course extreme cases of bullying should be tackled, but let’s not pathologise normal childhood relationships.
Friday 17 June 2011
Animals don’t have morality, people do
In his attempt to prove that beasts have morals, Dale Peterson airbrushes away all the things that make humans unique in the animal kingdom.