A misguided health and safety culture is threatening to render children's play meaningless, early childhood providers are to be warned.
The United Kingdom-based founder of Outdoor Play and Learning (Opal), Michael Follett, says a "policy of fear" has reshaped play to the extent that children are losing out on vital learning.
"You are taking away their ability to learn through primary, first-hand experience, which is how children actually learn.
"They need to fall over, they need to cut themselves, have bumps and bruises.
"If you over-protect, they don't learn resilience."
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