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No fear : growing up in a risk averse society /
By: Gill, Tim.
Contributor(s): Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Publisher: London : Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, c2007, (2012)Description: 94 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781903080085 (pbk.); 9781903080085:; 1903080088 (pbk.).Subject(s): Risk-taking (Psychology) in children | Risk perception | Child rearing | Play
DDC classification: 305.23 Summary: 'No Fear' argues that throughout the developed world childhood is being undermined by the growth of risk aversion. The book explores how risk aversion restricts children's play, limits their freedom of movement, corrodes their relationships with adults and constrains their exploration of physical, social and virtual worlds.
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 305.23 GIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0076840 | ||
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 305.23 GIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 2 | Available | 0091442 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-93).
'No Fear' argues that throughout the developed world childhood is being undermined by the growth of risk aversion. The book explores how risk aversion restricts children's play, limits their freedom of movement, corrodes their relationships with adults and constrains their exploration of physical, social and virtual worlds.