What can Britain do to “bring back childhood”?

Posted by Woody-Pieface@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 420 comments

I’m sat in a soft play with my two kids daydreaming about how different their childhood is to my own. They lead very organised, very safe, hopefully happy lives but there is no risk, they barely get the chance fall out with friends and make up, there’s zero adventure or surprise. With a rise in poor mental health in young people, I’m worried that I’m not providing the tools they need to navigate being a teenager and young adult. Parenting feels largely based on fear and assessed risk and it might be hurting us. I guess, in my soft play inspired boredom, I’m asking, what can we do to change things and should we?