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In nineteen fifty four, a mother in suburban Ohio handed her five year old a peanut butter sandwich and told him not to come back until the streetlights turned on. No schedule, no supervision, just a screen door and eight hours of daylight. But that boy, and millions raised just like him, grew up in a generation with lower obesity, fewer anxiety diagnoses, and a resilience that researchers still can't fully explain. So what were those mothers doing that we stopped?