Take risks, childcarers told

Tim Gill, former director of the Children's Play Council, says in No Fear: Growing up in a risk-averse society that childhood is being undermined by increased intrusion into children's lives. In his book, published this week by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, he urges childcare professionals at all levels to allow children more freedom and to support their colleagues in the attempt. Mr Gill said, 'Some parents are more anxious than others, and a lot of childcarers feel pressure to do what the most risk-averse parent asks them to do....