Play policy aims to put fun back in children’s lives

CHILDREN, some as young as three, have told a government agency: “We want to have fun.”

Adults, it has emerged, do not appreciate the importance of play in children’s lives. Increased traffic and perceived stranger danger are just some of the factors which result in parents becoming increasingly reluctant to allow children to play unsupervised.

And the country has more than twice as many golf courses as children’s playgrounds.