Children should be allowed to get up to mischief in the countryside by starting fires, trespassing and scrumping, according to Springwatch presenters Chris Packham and Bill Oddie, as they blame a risk-averse culture for “killing childhood”.
Parents’ unwillingness to let their children indulge in potentially dangerous activities in the great outdoors has wiped out an entire “species” of nature-loving youngsters, they claim.
As BBC’s Springwatch programme celebrates its 10th birthday, Packham and Oddie told Radio Times that children need to be able to misbehave in woods and fields, away from fussing adults.
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