Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 3 · Licensed source edition
Parental Attitudes to Risky Play and Children’s Independent Mobility: Public Health Implications for Children in Ireland
Originally published 2025-07-14 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/ijerph22071106 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
Which outdoor activities do I actually permit, and where do my stated beliefs differ?
This article examines parents’ tolerance for outdoor risk and children’s freedom to move around in Ireland. Here independence concerns permission to take an actual journey or play without direct supervision, within the conditions of a particular place.
Who was studied?
Parents in Ireland completing an online survey about play, travel and risk.
Age / stage: Children through age 16
Read with three questions
- What does the article establish about parents’ tolerance for outdoor risk and children’s freedom to move around in Ireland?
- Whose perspective was recorded, and what might an independent observer have described differently?
- How closely does the population described here match the family or setting you have in mind? The population to compare is parents in Ireland completing an online survey about play, travel and risk.
Keep the limits in view
The measures reflect what respondents reported. Associations alone cannot distinguish the direction of influence or exclude other explanations.
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Fiona Armstrong; Michael Joseph Barrett; David Gaul; Lorraine D’Arcy (2025). Parental Attitudes to Risky Play and Children’s Independent Mobility: Public Health Implications for Children in Ireland International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22071106
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