Studies reveal how risky play can benefit child development. But encouraging it can be a challenge for parents.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.dk/post/9969468

From the article:

Risky play is associated with greater resilience, self-confidence, problem-solving and social skills such as cooperation, negotiation and empathy, according to studies by Sandseter and others. When a study in Leuven, Belgium, gave four- and six-year-olds just two hours a week of opportunities for risky play over the course of three months, their risk-assessment skills improved compared with those of children in a control group2. In this study, the risky play took place at school, in a gym class and in the classroom.

  • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Oh yeah. I was fortunate, my boyscout experience included zero diddling and zero religion of any kind. Any religious merit badges were reduced to a discussion on possibilities of religion, and a hand wave sign off.

    I gained much of the learning you did, but I acknowledge some others had vastly worse experiences.