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How to Grow Up Without Becoming a Grown-Up - Big Lessons from Little Kids Simon Mendez Benito Pérez Galdós's satire ofBy: Julian Shapiro Barnum Published by Penguin Group, 2026 08 04 A guide to finding your way back to the joy, imagination, silliness, and creativity of being a child When we were children, we were imaginative, curious, confident, and loved without judgement. Now we are adults: neurotic, anxious, socially inept, and lonely. What did we lose when we grew up? How can we get it back? Creator and host of the viral, beloved show Recess Therapy, comedian,