You’d be anxious and depressed, too, if you spent all day being watched and told what to do. That is today’s intensive childhood. But when schools give students back some real-world independence and free play, kids immediately rally. A pilot study found independence worked FASTER than cognitive behavioral therapy and BETTER than drugs for kids with anxiety. Two FREE programs for schools make it easy and fun to give kids back the independence and free play our culture accidentally took out away. Students, parents and teachers all marvel at the results: Kids are more confident & curious!