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UK National Trust: Children Denied Joy of Nature

BBC News – March 05, 2012
By BBC News

Dame Fiona Reynolds told the Times the freedom of children to roam unsupervised had shrunk massively since the 1970s. She blamed nervousness and technology, adding that the creep of urban sprawl had destroyed safe places to play. She called for children to be taught outside on a weekly basis. 'Very anxious' Trust chief executive Dame Fiona said: "Children are missing out on the sheer joy and physical and mental well-being of being able to play outside and experience nature in all its messiness. "It's partly technology and it's partly a sort of nervousness. The freedom for children to roam unsupervised…
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