Under-12s should be allowed to mix outdoors, campaigners say Nicole Weinstein Monday, March 15, 2021
Play campaigners in England are calling on the Government to allow children under 12 to be exempt from the outdoor meeting rules, citing that the regulations are ‘unfair and discriminatory’.
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Sussex child psychologist among experts calling for children to be allowed to play to help them recover from the pandemic YOUNGSTERS should be able to play with their friends this summer to aid their mental health, child psychologists have said. PlayFirstUK, a group of experts in child development, have written to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson calling for plans to reopen schools and ease lockdown restrictions to prioritise the social and emotional wellbeing of pupils. The group, which includes 15 child psychologists and education specialists, said children in England should be exempt from the rule of two as soon as it is safe to do so.
Allowing children to play together should be a bigger priority than catching up on school work
We now need a new public health message: children s play must not only be permitted, but positively encouraged, as soon as possible
15 February 2021 • 11:30am If we want children to develop and thrive they have to be able to play with each other
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The opening paragraph of a report by Play England, optimistically entitled “Play after Lockdown” could not be clearer: “One of the most toxic effects to come out of the current pandemic is the destructive impact it has had on children’s play; the spaces they play in, the degree of freedom they experience and their ability to choose what they do and how they do it.”
Experts in child development are calling on the government to support a “summer of play” to help pupils in England recover from the stress of lockdown and a year of Covid upheaval.