Risky Play An Ethical Challenge /

• Main Authors: Kvalnes, Øyvind (Author), Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
• Series: Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood,
• Subjects: Early childhood education.; Education.; Children.; Ethics.; Sociology.; Social groups.; Social service.; Developmental psychology.; Early Childhood Education.; Childhood Education.; Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.; Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.; Children and Youth Work.; Developmental Psychology.
• Online Access: Link to Metadata

Summary

This open access book brings together current childhood research and contemporary ethical theory to draw attention to how children depend upon a scope of action for risky play for their mental and physical development. In many countries, the opportunities for children to play away from adults' close attention have decreased. At both school and home, protection and avoidance of harm take increasing priority. This book draws a distinction between do-good ethics and avoid-harm ethics to highlight ethical tensions and dilemmas encountered by professionals who work with children, and suggests better ways to balance these ethical dimensions in approaching risky play. .

Physical Description

IX, 113 p. 1 illus. online resource.

ISBN

9783031255526

ISSN

2731-6378

DOI

10.1007/978-3-031-25552-6

Access

Open Access