Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
A Cross-Sectional Description of Parental Perceptions and Practices Related to Risky Play and Independent Mobility in Children: The New Zealand State of Play Survey
Originally published 2019-01-17 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/ijerph16020262 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
Which concern keeps a play activity off limits even when I value independence?
This article examines the difference between parents’ views on risky play and the freedom they report allowing. Here independence concerns permission to take an actual journey or play without direct supervision, within the conditions of a particular place.
Who was studied?
A national online sample of 2,003 New Zealand parents reporting their views and practices.
Age / stage: Childhood
Read with three questions
- What does the article establish about the difference between parents’ views on risky play and the freedom they report allowing?
- Whose perspective was recorded, and what might an independent observer have described differently?
- How closely does the population described here match the family or setting you have in mind? The population to compare is a national online sample of 2,003 New Zealand parents reporting their views and practices.
Keep the limits in view
The measures reflect what respondents reported. Associations alone cannot distinguish the direction of influence or exclude other explanations.
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Charlotte Jelleyman; Julia McPhee; Mariana Brussoni; Anita Bundy; Scott Duncan (2019). A Cross-Sectional Description of Parental Perceptions and Practices Related to Risky Play and Independent Mobility in Children: The New Zealand State of Play Survey International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16020262
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