Unsupervised Play is Good for Children

Posted on December 22nd, 2007

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A study at the University College in London has shown that unsupervised play outside causes children to become healthier and more sociable. These days we are very cautious about letting our children out alone and many children under the [...]

 

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