The report calls for radical change in our approach to children’s play. Indeed, the contrast between the experiences of previous, ‘free-range’ generations and today’s cosseted children is stark. ‘A quiet revolution in children’s play has occurred’, the authors write, ‘and it is unlikely to have been instigated by children who have an inborn urge to push the boundaries and take up challenges’. The report identifies adult fears as ‘the mainspring of the change’ to patterns of children’s play. ‘A further factor is societal pressure to maximise children’s opportunities to succeed, leading to an increase in parental over-scheduling of them and intensive parenting where they are constantly supervised.’