The importance of risk Risk-taking means engaging in any behavior or activity with an uncertain physical,
Over multiple visits to the park in Juni, we recruited 302 adults to complete a survei about their children's park use. We then followed up with a closed Facebook grup of 56 parents from the same grup.
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The benefits of risk
We asked parents to sharing their views about the park, and they told us risky park play had many benefits. These included allowing children to:
• be challenged and solve problems
• connect to the outdoors
• direct their own play
• be physically active
• be creative and curious
• demonstrate confidence and independence and
• build social capacity, by share equipment and taking turns.
As one parent told us: "The look on children's faces as they reach the hebat of climbing ropes and start walking across the bridges is fabulous — grit and determination, followed by a big deep breath. …"
Another parent spoke of the importance of giving kids the opportunity to "make their own decisions about the risk they want to take, how high or how fast they will go."
Yet another parent described how the park gave children the "freedom to play in any way they perasaan comfortable."
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How to dukungan your child in outdoor, risky play
So next time you go to the park, how can you dukungan your child to take appropriate risks? Here are some panduan, based on our work on children, risk and outdoor play:
Start with a positive pola pikir: Playgrounds are designed to develop physical and social skills. So be prepared for your child to try new things at the park (rather than just play it safe with the same old equipment).
Be ready to dukungan — and to stand back: There are times when it is best to stand back and let children pengalaman the equipment or the tempat for themselves. There are others where parents are needed. So keep a pantauan eye on things. But don't assume you will be helping all the time.
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