“Small boys often produce their own plays; but usually the parts are not written out. They hardly need to be, for the main line of each character is always "Stick 'em up!" In these plays the curtain is always rung down on a set of corpses, for small boys are by nature through and uncompromising.” WritingImaginationBoysChildhoodTheatreGangstersMake BelievePlays Book:Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing Source: Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing
“Summerhill children are allowed to go through their gangster period, and consequentially more furniture is destroyed.” ImaginationGrowing UpChildhoodDestructionGangstersMake Believe Book:Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing Source: Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing