Are We Overprotecting Our Children? Tim Gill
Care Visions Professional Talk with Tim Gill on children's freedom, outdoor play, independence and the importance of experiencing everyday challenges.
In this episode of Care Visions Professional Talk, host Humphrey Hawksley speaks with Tim Gill, independent researcher, author and founder of Rethinking Childhood, about children's freedom, outdoor play, independence and the importance of experiencing everyday challenges.
Please find below the video from the talk and also the audio podcast below.
Tim Gill is an independent scholar, writer and consultant specialising in childhood, and an internationally recognised advocate for children's play, freedom and independence. A former Director of the Children's Play Council (now Play England) and an Ambassador for the Design Council, he has spent more than 25 years challenging risk-averse attitudes towards childhood and championing children's right to explore, take risks and learn through play.
Drawing on his books No Fear: Growing Up in a Risk-Averse Society and Urban Playground: How Child-Friendly Planning and Design Can Save Cities, Tim explores how society, communities and the built environment can better support children's development, wellbeing and independence. He is also Chair of the UK Play Safety Forum and a Churchill Fellow.
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