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Lack of access, not technology, is enemy of play

    Opinion
  • Thursday, June 22, 2023
  • | CYP Now
I often hear that “youngsters nowadays have had their imaginations ruined by technology – when I was young, all we needed was a Raleigh Chopper, a Rubik's cube, roller skates, the street”. I don't believe that children today have less appetite to play – it's a lack of opportunities to access play that is the key issue.

It's finally time to act on what children say

    Opinion
  • Thursday, January 26, 2023
  • | CYP Now
A Shropshire clergyman by the name of John Mirk is believed to be the person who coined the phrase “children should be seen, not heard”. That was more than 600 years ago, and yet this toxic pronouncement endured for a remarkably long time.