Home Safe but dull Safe but dull 23rd June 2000, 1:00am Compiled By Diane Spencer Share Safe but dull https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/safe-dull Copy Link MODERN playgrounds are too safe and are stifling children’s development, according to Kate Moorcock, a psychologist and auhor She told a conference in Glasgow that parents wanted play areas safe, but children found them boring. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Keep reading for just £1 per month You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £1 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Read more Curfew error Compiled By Diane Spencer • 22nd December 2000 Hi-tech buses Compiled By Diane Spencer • 22nd December 2000 Sex risk spirals Compiled By Diane Spencer • 22nd December 2000 Grand gesture Compiled By Diane Spencer • 22nd December 2000 Recent Most read Most shared Teacher levelling-up payments: all you need to know News 25 April 2024 3 steps to make sure your behaviour curriculum works Leadership 25 April 2024 How to ensure children are emotionally ready for school Teaching & Learning 25 April 2024 Why every school should (not) use setting Teaching & Learning 24 April 2024 Fitness to teach cases in Scotland hit 10-year high News 23 April 2024 Cut summer break ‘to rescue Covid generation GCSEs’ News 24 April 2024 Poor mental health ‘fuelling’ absence crisis, DfE told News 24 April 2024 Why every school should (not) use setting Teaching & Learning 24 April 2024 Cut summer break ‘to rescue Covid generation GCSEs’ News 24 April 2024