The report found parents are more worried about their children's safetythan ever before, their concerns fuelled by media coverage of childabduction cases and gang violence. It said the Government is trying tomanage all risk through regulation, which is unfeasible and unwise, andthat children are more likely to contract a serious illness than beabducted or injured in a traffic accident.
The study, Risk and Childhood, published last week by the Royal Societyfor the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) for itsRisk Commission project, concluded that a lack of balance betweenchallenge and risk could affect the economy, by stifling creativity andskills associated with entrepreneurialism.
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