No Fear: Growing Up in a Risk-Averse Society - Couverture souple

Gill, Tim

 
9781903080085: No Fear: Growing Up in a Risk-Averse Society

Synopsis

No Fear Debates the role and nature of childhood in the UK. Focusing on the crucial years of childhood between the ages of 5 and 11, this work examines some of the key issues with regard to children's safety: playground design and legislation, antisocial behaviour, bullying, child protection, the fear of strangers, and online risks. Full description

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Biographie de l'auteur

Tim Gill is one of the UK's leading writers and thinkers on childhood. His work focuses on children's play and free time. He appears regularly on national TV and radio and has written for 'The Guardian' and 'The Independent', as well as parenting and trade magazines and academic journals. He was Director of the Children's Play Council from 1997-2004 and, in 2002, was seconded to Whitehall to lead the first ever Government-sponsored review of children's play.

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