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Some might think that lots of the play we've described above could be seen perceived as being 'unsafe'. I guess we may have thought that was part of the appeal, but more likely we didn't really think of the consequences at all. Falling over and getting hurt is part of the learning curve isn't it?
Which just reminded me of being back in shires during the recent beast from the east winter storms. My old school friends now have their own kids, some of which are going to our old high school. I was mortified to discover recently, like properly outraged wanting to write a letter to the school and the EU outraged, that during the lunch breaks the children were not allowed outside to play in the snow. WHAT!!! Health and Safety stopped play. The reason given was that not all of the paths had been gritted, there were numerous playing fields and acres of space to run around, but all the kids were kept inside for fear they may slip over on a few tiny side paths. Bearing in mind there was shit loads of snow all around before they even got to school that day, if such an sterilised approach was taken by the kids and parents, none of them would even have got to school that day. I really felt sad for them, we don't get snow very often, is there not an inalienable right to play in the snow? There fucking should be.