Three quarters of children spend less time outside than prison inmates

There is a risk that we are raising children that are physically unscathed by injury but are psychologically fragile, Carl Dixon tells Mark Boyden.

In the US, prison inmates are guaranteed two hours outdoors per day, but a recent survey of 12,000 parents in 10 countries who have children aged five to 12, found that one-third of kids spend under 30 minutes outside each day.

Similarly, a recent UK study, found that three quarters of children spend less time outside than prison inmates.