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
Library Connections
- Parents must choose between making children safe or strong.
#complicates(0.75) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 230
Broader Connections
- Preventive environmental management outperforms corrective discipline in child formation
#corroborates(0.30) — , The Rod and the Child, 1948