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November 5, 2007
No Fear: Growing up in a risk averse society
The No Fear report
"We all want to keep children safe – but are we going the right way about it? By over protecting children we stop them developing the skills and resilience they need to protect themselves – while those working with children can become so anxious about risk prevention they lose confidence in their own good judgement"
Posted by ian at November 5, 2007 1:23 PM
Comments
That sounds like a book in Canada called "Too Safe for their Own Good" by Michael Ungar, looking at risk-taking and responsibility-seeking in teens and arguing similar points, I think.
Posted by: Simon Chambers at November 7, 2007 7:20 PM
Simon,
Good to hear from you and thanks for the pointer to "Too Safe ....". (Talking of books, "ZOOM!" is still a very popular read in our household)
Shalom
Posted by: Youthblog at November 8, 2007 8:19 AM