Children need some risk to develop properly in play.

Evidence

I say “sufficiently safe” about the demolished playgrounds because when playgrounds are made too safe, kids either stop playing in them or start playing in unintended ways. … Thus, if things are made too safe, people (including children) start to figure out ways to make them dangerous again. — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 837

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 837
  • XREF: connects to: Parents must choose between making children safe or strong. — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 230; Preventive environmental management outperforms corrective discipline in child formation — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 1948

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