Abstract
Playfulness is a characteristic of young children and has been argued to have a critical role in all major areas of children’s development, particularly the acquisition of early academic skills. Opportunities to engage in play can therefore have long-term quality of life consequences for children. In this chapter we examine how attempts to increase children’s safety, undertaken to promote their growth and well-being, have paradoxically had an advice impact on their opportunities for play and limited this important avenue for children’s learning.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Children, families and communities |
Subtitle of host publication | contexts and consequences |
Editors | Jennifer Bowes, Rebekah Grace |
Place of Publication | South Melbourne, Vic. |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 76-87 |
Edition | 3rd |
ISBN (Print) | 9780195551549 |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |