After working as a primary-school teacher, Helene Guldberg obtained a PhD in developmental psychology from the University of Manchester. She currently teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in developmental psychology and psychology with the Open University and the US study abroad centre, CAPA. Helene is author of Reclaiming Childhood: Freedom and Play in an Age of Fear (Routledge, 2009) and Just Another Ape? (Societas, 2010).