“Many people are overtly risk averse, not realising how risky that it.” Sullivan and Thompson
“To climb a new tree is… to discover a new world; …we should not be so insensitive to call out, “Come down you will fall’” (Froebel, in Lilley 1967:126)
“Since the world is full of risks, children need to learn to recognize and respond to them in order to protect themselves and to develop their own risk-assessment capabilities.”— Risk in Play and Learning: Ubud-Höör Declaration, International School Grounds Alliance.