"7 year old snatched from local play area" "Paedophile ring in North West is caught by police" "2 children are missing in London..." We are all far too used to these headlines on the news and in our papers, and I for one am terrified for my daughter growing up in this world. It may explain why there are so many children with Vitamin D deficiencies in the UK because they aren't playing out as we used to as kids, and instead are sitting in on games consoles or watching TV...and it knocks me sick. When I was growing up...and I am not an old or even middle aged person, I'm 22...I would leave the house in the ...  Read the complete review

I am really glad this has review is up, because its something I am giving alot of thought to at the moment. i've been feeling like the worlds most over protective Mom in some ways so I am glad others feel the same. My boys ( ages 21 months and 5 years) spend hours and hours in the front garden or the green in front. Of course I watch them but it doesnt guarantee safety. My oldest was hurt last year when he was stuck by a golf ball launched with a duck caddy, and both have been victims of attempted assault by older children and grown men, but its because we live on an interface. I imagine many people would just keep them in, and some will find me less then ...  Read the complete review

Yes. A lot of the problems these days is the meda attention to the society that we live in. We have alway had these problems and they have always been as bad as they are now but we never knew about them. It is only now that they are finding out what has happend to children 60 to 80 years ago because modern technology has come so far in that time. Your children need to be outside it is healthy for them and they need to be active. Children when they go to a park learn to interact with other children and learn how to team build it is a main part of their development. What we have to realise is that no child is safe not just from the people that ...  Read the complete review

Yes!!!!! Kids need the freedom, fresh air, experiences, exercise, etc, etc. Think back to your childhood and I bet that the majority of your happiest memories are filled with tree climbing, hopscotch, jump rope, creative play, hide and seek, playgrounds, exploring new areas and learning about nature. None of these things are fun or effective when done inside, you cannot learn about the world from a computer screen. Children need to experience things for themselves, just like we did. Yes there are 'bad people' around, but then there always have been and always will be. There are no more now then there were 50 years ago, it's ...  Read the complete review

Growing up I now realise that I had a fair bit of freedom. As a child I did not know of such things such as child abduction & the other horrific things that take place today... But for this, I feel that I benefited. I used to love running around with all the other children, not having a care in the world, just doing what children do. Of course, I had my restrictions, which was to ensure that I let my mother know where I was at all times. As I child I was always running around, I was never an overweight children , which has become a problem today with the rate of childhood obesity raising alarmingly. I feel that this fear that parents have, ...  Read the complete review