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Freeing us from risk and targets
Nursery World,
31 May 2007
Freeing us from risk and targets By Tim Gill, play consultant and former director of the Children's Play Council
Freeing us from risk and targets By Tim Gill, play consultant and former director of the Children's Play Council Ask any grown-up to recall their favourite places to play as a child, and recollections of self-directed explorations and everyday adventures will flood back. We vividly remember when we made the rules and took responsibility for our actions. These early tastes of freedom are among the most formative of experiences. So why are we so intent on eliminating autonomy from children's lives?...
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