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Academic
Peter Gray
co-founder of Let Grow, author of 2023 Journal of Pediatrics paper
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press citations on 2 topics since 15 Jul 2026 · last quoted 11 Sept 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Peter Gray: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- co-founder of Let Grow, author of 2023 Journal of Pediatrics paper
- Quoted on
- Children's health
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 11 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 15 Jul 2026
04 The signal · where Peter Gray sits on children's health
Ranked 26= of 100 voices quoted in the press on children's health, level with 33 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
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Dr Helen StewartClinicianOfficer for Health Improvement (and Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Sheffield Children's Hospital), Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)15 - 2=
Lynn WoolseyUnionChief Nursing Officer, Royal College of Nursing7 - 2=
Dr Ronny CheungClinicianOfficer for Health Services (also Member Trustee); consultant general paediatrician, Evelina London Children's Hospital; Deputy Chief Medical Officer (improvement), Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)7 - 26=Sahil NichaniClinicianpaediatric doctor2
- 26=Harriet CorbettClinicianconsultant paediatric urologist at Alder Hey children's hospital in Liverpool2
- 26=Peter GrayAcademicco-founder of Let Grow, author of 2023 Journal of Pediatrics paper2
- 26=Dr. Tony ItonAcademicCEO of The Health Trust in California2
- 26=Nicole BushAcademicclinical psychologist and director of the Division of Developmental Medicine at the University of California San Francisco2
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 26=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Peter Gray has said
By outlet · linked articles
- theguardian.com1
- thetimes.com1
Where Peter Gray has been quoted
- 01Why are kids anxious? The top psychologist doesn’t blame phonesthetimes.com · 11 Sept 2026
- 02If you want your kids to thrive this summer, don’t just turn off their phones – open your front door, too | Lenore Skenazytheguardian.com · 15 Jul 2026
Verbatim
“believes we should worry less about social media and more about helicopter parenting”
“A 2023 Journal of Pediatrics paper by another Let Grow co-founder, Peter Gray, shows how the decline in kids' independence and free play parallels the rise in their anxiety and depression – correlation that his research suggests is causation, too.”
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