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Embracing Fear
Fear is an evolved emotion. It helps us to deal with stress relating to potentially dangerous situations. It makes hearts beat faster, adrenaline flow and bodies sweat. Fear is frightening – obviously....
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50 Things to do before you’re 11 ¾
One of the most memorable things that emerged making Project Wild Thing, our new documentary, is the importance of letting children be independent and think for themselves. So I am really pleased that,...
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All I want for Father’s Day
My poor children. For the last month, they’ve been bombarded with commercials telling them what I want for Father’s Day. They’ve offered me the following ideas – a day on a race track, aftershave, a...
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Roaming and Natural Childhood
Patrick Barkham, feature writer for The Guardian and author of The Butterfly Isles, writes about roaming and natural childhood This spring, I hacked a discrete hole in the hedge at the bottom of my...
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Project Wild Thing cinema release in 3 months
Only three months to go… The countdown has begun. We’ve got just under three months to go until the release of our new documentary PROJECT WILD THING. In conjunction with the film we are be launching...
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Have a wild time for Playday 2013
Film-maker and writer David Bond writes about Playday 2013. Playday has long been one of the great resources for communities who want to get children playing outdoors. It’s a simple premise. You...
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Make everyday a playday
Film-maker David Bond reflects on why kids don’t get out to play: from the lure of screens to community intolerance. What do children spend their time doing? For me, growing up in the suburbs in the...
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The impact of screen time
Baroness Susan Greenfield writes about the impact of screen time on children’s development. ‘Last weekend I had an eye opening moment where the children had been “lazing around” the house, using and...
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Does screen time lead to behavioural problems?
Dr Alison Parkes, Senior Investigator Scientist at the University of Glasgow, writes about the effects of time spent in front of the television. Does a lot of screen time predict more behavioural and...
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Fat Kids Doped Up on Ritalin
Filmmaker and father David Bond writes about a story you may have spotted in The Times… This week I opened the newspaper. Big mistake. Actually, I didn’t even have to open the newspaper. The story...
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Wild things on the web
The film poster for Project Wild Thing, out in cinemas across the UK from Friday Hello http://www.projectwildthing.com, goodbye http://www.Outdoornation.org.uk The time and season has come for us to...
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