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Children need to be allowed to take risks
Nursery World,
14 June 2007
Children need wilder places to play where they can take risks, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents said this week ahead of its International Play Safety Conference today (14 June).
Recent reports have suggested that some parents deny their children the chance to play outside by themselves, in part because of fears they will get hurt. However, the RoSPA maintains that children gain lifelong lessons about risks and how to deal with them from the wider environment, and says that parents have to accept that their children may suffer injuries while growing up.
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