Children play outside much less
Children are "disappearing from our streets", charities have warned after a poll found that unwelcoming communities are preventing children from playing outdoors.
Unfriendly communities stop children playing outdoors
Unfriendly communities and “intolerant neighbours” prevent children from playing outdoors, a survey has found.
More than a quarter of the adults said disapproving neighbours forced them to keep their children indoors, in a poll conducted on behalf of organisations Play England, Play Wales, Play Scotland and PlayBoard Northern Ireland.
Parents also registered traffic concerns, dangers posed by strangers and a lack of community space as reasons to prevent their children from playing outside.
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