From the article:

Risky play is associated with greater resilience, self-confidence, problem-solving and social skills such as cooperation, negotiation and empathy, according to studies by Sandseter and others. When a study in Leuven, Belgium, gave four- and six-year-olds just two hours a week of opportunities for risky play over the course of three months, their risk-assessment skills improved compared with those of children in a control group2. In this study, the risky play took place at school, in a gym class and in the classroom.

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[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So one group of college kids did this, they were arrested, and that proves it's a common occurrence for young kids?

[–] Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Found the story. I'm not saying that it happens to young kids but it does happen. You also didn't have anything about kids in the quote so I just assumed you meant anyone.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Since GP was explicitly talking about things happening to a 12 year old, your example is just not relevant.

Even if we were talking about everyone, it's not relevant. You can find some story about something happening to anyone - doesn't mean it's something that "happens to people".