Risky Play
An Ethical Challenge
Author(s)
Kvalnes, Øyvind
Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate
Language
EnglishAbstract
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.
Keywords
Risky play; Ethics; Childhood; Avoid-harm ethics; Do-good ethics; Early childhood; Play and childhoodDOI
10.1007/978-3-031-25552-6ISBN
9783031255526, 9783031255526Publisher
Springer NaturePublisher website
https://www.springernature.com/gp/products/booksPublication date and place
Cham, 2023Imprint
Palgrave MacmillanSeries
Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood,Classification
Pre-school and kindergarten
Education
Ethics and moral philosophy
Sociology: family and relationships
Child, developmental and lifespan psychology