Escaping Monstropolis: child-friendly cities, peak oil and<i>Monsters, Inc.</i>

Tranter, Paul; Sharpe, Scott

doi:10.1080/14733280802184021

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“…Children's access to spontaneous play opportunities in their own neighbourhoods has declined significantly over recent decades in Australia and in many other Western societies including the USA and the United Kingdom (Tranter & Sharpe, 2008). This is driven by numerous interrelated factors, including changes in the built environment, changes in attitudes towards children in public space, and changes in children's independent mobility (their freedom to move around their neighbourhoods independently, without an adult).…”

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Ten Ways to Restrict Children's Freedom to Play: The Problem of Surplus Safety

Wyver

Tranter

Naughton

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Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood

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Play and playgrounds provide essential experiences for young children's growth, development and enjoyment of life. However, such play experiences are now limited for many children due to excessive fear of risk, or 'surplus safety'. In this article, the authors examine the pervasiveness of surplus safety in the lives of young children. They argue that restrictions now imposed on children's play to promote safety may, paradoxically, expose children to more serious short and longer term threats of illness and limit children's life opportunities. By comparing experiences from Australia and Norway, the authors demonstrate that surplus safety is not a necessary outcome of living in a modern Western society. There is now a vast research literature identifying the importance of active, outdoor play (e.g.

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“…Traffic danger is increased, ironically, by parents driving their children to keep them safe. And parents are obliged to spend large amounts of time transporting and supervising children (Tranter, 2006;Tranter & Sharpe, 2008).…”

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Ten Ways to Restrict Children's Freedom to Play: The Problem of Surplus Safety

Wyver

Tranter

Naughton

et al. 2010

Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood

111

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“…The net result is negative health effects, not only due to decreasing physical exercise and increasing obesity but also as a result of diminishing opportunities for spontaneous play (Tranter & Sharpe, 2008). Many municipalities around the world are working with schools to create ways for children to walk safely to school, accompanied by parents or teenage siblings to counteract this.…”

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Child-friendly cities: a place for active citizenship in geographical and environmental education

Wilks

2010

International Research in Geographical and Environmental Educat

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This research 1 was designed to investigate innovative practices associated with childfriendly cities 2 initiatives in the United Kingdom and Italy and how civics and citizenship initiatives are being applied into practical programmes of exploration and learning in geography and environmental education. The Child-Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI) of the United Nations Children's Fund was launched in 1996 at the UN Conference on Human Settlement (Habitat II). At this conference it was declared that the well-being of children is the key indicator of a healthy habitat, a democratic society and good governance committed to children's rights. The CFCI was closely allied to the 1990 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, in which the right of children and young people to participate in the life and decision-making of their communities became a human right. Child-friendly cities initiatives have provided a framework and a myriad of programmes in which to create ways for children and young people to develop and exercise citizenship and participation skills. These projects assist young people to investigate issues relevant to their social and spatial worldviews, to interact with local government and community resources, to develop research skills and to promote the development of spatial competence and confidence.

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“…Importantly, the movie suggests that any policy that relies on the oppression of children has been put on notice. A critical reading of Monsters, Inc. suggests a need for policies that benefit children as well as adults (Tranter and Sharpe, 2008).…”

Section: Monsters Inc and Wall-e: Messages For Children's Mobilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%