The survey of 2,000 parents, by property company Redrow, reveals that a lack of access to safe outdoor places could be responsible for the decline in childhood play.
“Two notable barriers to children’s outdoor play that parents recognise are road safety and lack of open spaces,” said Helen Dodd, a child psychologist and trustee of Play England, who supported the research.
According to the findings, a third of children have never played on their street at all while those who do play outdoors spend 67 per cent less time doing so than their parents.
Increasing use of technology was highlighted as another factor responsible for the fall in outdoor play.
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