Bear Grylls: Parents do kids a disservice not exposing them to risks

Parents do their children a "disservice" by not exposing them to risk, TV adventurer Bear Grylls has said.

The father of threesaid the school curriculum should be overhauled, with survival skills such as lighting a fire and tying a knot replacing maths.

He told the Radio Times that, while he did not want to “bring up Rambo”, his six-year-old son had already learnt how to handle a knife. He said for children to achieve “anything in life” they have to be taught “how to embrace and manage risk”.