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'I was very nervous': How daycare centres are exposing children to risky play --- tldr it works well :)

"Woodlands Early Education Centre, in Logan south of Brisbane, as well as nine others in the chain have recently overhauled their yards to increase children's exposure to risk.

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While the new grounds may look dangerous — a towering fort (with open edges), 1.6-metre-high balance beams, and climbing walls (without a fall mattress) — the data shows the opposite.

There has actually been a 43 per cent reduction in reported injuries at the centre."

'I was very nervous': How daycare centres are exposing children to risky play --- tldr it works well :)https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-07/risky-play-day-care-centres-playground-accidents/100486794Open linkView original on lemmy.ml
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