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5 Plus

What comes after toys?

What do you do when your child no longer wants toys?

Open the door and go play outside? Make your own comic book? Make a model?

That's what you and I used to do.

And it was fun.

But your child wants something different:

Screens.

An organised home is not enough

Organising your home helps. When children know where to find things it makes it easier for them to grab what they need when they have an idea.

But what is that idea? What is it that your child wants to do? If she has abdicated responsibility for her entertainment to outside forces, i.e. Roblox and Netflix, it’s only natural that she feels bored when left to fend for herself.

The trick is to offer something positive in its place, something your child is intrinsically motivated to pursue.

Intrinsic motivation is better than activities

Here we are at the heart of 5 Plus.

Yes, there are activities. But the aim is for your child to find something that she loves, something that she will voluntarily come back to again and again.

It’s not about starting a hobby that lasts for five years. It’s about developing a mind that’s curious enough to want to explore subjects in depth and to pursue lines of inquiry.

The promise

In short, the promise of 5 Plus is not activities, it’s independence.

It’s a child who can make her own fun, who has interests and the intrinsic motivation to pursue them.

Because making your own fun means less screen time and more creativity. Which leads to less screen time…

It’s a virtuous circle.

Down with dopamine!

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