Expanding the Definition of Risky Play

It's important to let our kids fail

"Risky play" is a buzzy term in the field of early childhood education. It's one of those phrases that grandparents will likely roll their eyes at because "risky play" (balancing on logs, wielding sticks, climbing trees) is what they just called "play." Or maybe they didn't call it anything at all, because it was just the proverbial (and sometimes liter…