Fantastic article. I love how you urge caution at labelling people and bring up the need to redefine what's beneficial for our society. I think the ed system is still stuck in the 1950s and getting worse. I wish there was a way to revamp it from the ground up. Let's start with standing desks!

That photo is cracking me up. I went through a fire phase...burned different things in my room. I snapped out quite quickly after my dad caught me burning book after book of matches and smacked me HARD. It was one of the only times I can count on ONE hand he had ever done so. Oh well! LOL! I understand the gist of what you are saying though, which I think is that you can let your children experience the forbidden under controlled conditions? I would have taken my kid out and started a nice bonfire in one of those outside fireplaces.