The real 'Lord of the Flies' story Netflix isn't telling

The real 'Lord of the Flies' story Netflix isn't telling

Netflix's splashy take on Lord of the Flies has renewed interest in the tale, which follows a group of British boys descending into savagery after getting stranded on a remote island. So let me repeat what the great psychologist Peter Gray always reminds us about that story: It is fiction. We can't use it as a reason to give kids less freedom because "this is what happens." No, it isn't. In fact, as Gray points out, there's a different story of …