outdoor play and independence
The end of playtime?
Independent, 4 August 2008
Playtime is over for children, with up to half of youngsters banned from climbing trees, playing conkers or riding their bikes by over-protective parents who are terrified that they might get hurt.
Dear Parents: Please Relax, It’s Just Camp
New York Times, 26 July 2008
A dozen 9-year-old girls in jelly-bean-colored bathing suits were learning the crawl at Lake Bryn Mawr Camp one recent morning. Their parents, meanwhile, were bombarding the camp with calls.
Children need risk to thrive as adults, says Dragons’ Den judge
The Times (London), 10 July 2008
The obsessive “safety-first” culture in schools will rob Britain of the next generation of entrepreneurs just when the country needs them most, Simon Woodroffe, founder of Yo! Sushi, has claimed.
What price your independence?
The Times (London), 10 June 2008
Adult children don’t need a mortgage to leave home, argues Mick Hume.
Fatal accidents erode perk of off-campus lunches
New York Times, 6 May 2008
USA: Smithtown is one of a number of districts on Long Island and around the country that have recently closed their campuses at lunchtime, canceling a generations-old rite of passage because of school officials’ and parents’ growing concern over traffic accidents and in some cases, truancy.
‘I’ve been labelled the world’s worst mom’
spiked, 30 April 2008
New York Sun columnist Lenore Skenazy tells spiked about the barrage of abuse she got for letting her nine-year-old ride the subway alone. By Nancy McDermott.
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