Characteristics of risky play

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Ten Ways to Restrict Children's Freedom to Play: The Problem of Surplus Safety (2010, unknown): “…risk-taking than several other countries, and that this is based on Norwegians’ close relationship to nature and outdoor life as well as the fact that the fear of strangers, child molesters and litigation suits are (still) rare in these countries (New et al, 2005; Guldberg, 2009; Sandseter, 2009a).”
Learning with nature and learning from others: nature as setting and resource for early childhood education (2015, background): “Such understanding of inadvertent action that influences children’s experience is of particular relevance to settings that endorse outdoor learning where there is consensus that risk-taking is a central feature of practice (Gill, 2007; Sandseter, 2009b; Tovey, 2007).”
Early Childhood Teachers' Beliefs about Children's Risky Play in Australia and Norway (2012, background): “…has provided evidence of both children’s desire for challenging play that involves a degree of risk-taking and the role that positive risk-taking has in fostering children’s optimal health and development (Stephenson, 2003; Greenfield, 2004; Sandseter, 2007a, 2009a, 2009b; Waters & Begley, 2007).”