
Soft spaces out, stick-fighting in: Dutch call for the return of risky play | Children
Ten-year-old Jackie stood with a small pan in the flames of an open fire, chatting merrily, when her popcorn caught alight. With no sign of panic, her mother put out the flames in a nearby ditch. Then Jackie and her eight-year-old brother, Michael, calmly cooked a second batch. “This is much more fun than other…