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Putting some risk back in play
Delta heeds research that says not to ‘bubble wrap’ kids SANDOR GYARMATI
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It’s time to stop bubble wrapping our kids. That’s the rationale behind Delta’s move to encourage new types of playgrounds, ones that are more of a throwback that reintroduce risk through natural play. Ken Kuntz, Delta’s director of parks, recreation and culture,
said there’s substantial research on the benefits on reintroducing risk into play environments. “There’s more studies that indicate that kids don’t know their risk tolerance level and we’ve had experts and various reports and speakers to our (parks, recreation and culture) commission from the University of British Columbia indicating that we’ve become so protective of our children that they don’t
understand where their risk tolerance is,” he said. “One of the ways we can reintroduce kids to risk is to create playgrounds that are a little bit more adventurous. CHILDREN: see Page 3 PHOTO BY SANDOR GYARMATI
Playgrounds are going old school these days as research suggests society has become too protective of children.
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