Research-grounded, honestly hedged writing on childhood, agency, and what kids build when you hand them the tools and get out of the way.
The gap between an idea and a made thing has always been wide for young children. We've spent two years trying to close it — carefully, and with the research kept honest.
Real creations from real kids — and what they reveal about how children think.
Rules as love language. A small study in designing for one specific person.
What children's broken simulations tell us about their working theories of the world.
On the platform as a voice for children who don't have one in the usual way.
Five capacities we design for: agency, curiosity, experimentation, persistence, connection.
Honest, hedged dispatches from the work. What we tried, what held up, what didn't.
An honest accounting of the evidence we lean on, and the evidence we wish existed.
Subtraction as a design practice. Sometimes the kindest feature is the one you delete.
Short, sourced stories of kids making things happen — beyond our walls.
New thinking on childhood, agency, and making — roughly twice a month. No drip campaigns, no dark patterns. Unsubscribe in one tap.
