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No fear : growing up in a risk averse society / Tim Gill.

Title
  1. No fear : growing up in a risk averse society / Tim Gill.
Published by
  1. London : Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation : Distributed by Central Books, c2007.
Author
  1. Gill, Tim.

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Additional authors
  1. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Description
  1. 94 p. : col. ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. 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 behavior, bullying, child protection, the fear of strangers, and online risks.
Subject
  1. Child psychology
  2. Risk-taking (Psychology) in children
  3. Risk perception
  4. Child rearing
  5. Play
  6. Child
  7. Risk-Taking
  8. Child Welfare
  9. Child
  10. Parenting
  11. Play and Playthings
  12. Risk Assessment
  13. Child Rearing
Contents
  1. Preface / Andrew Barnett -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Playgrounds -- The spread of risk averse attitudes to childhood -- Who is to blame? -- Beyond risk aversion -- notes -- Selected bibliography Photographic acknowledgments.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-93).
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